Bush Administration attacks Generation X!
Why do the boomers hate on us Gen-Xers so much? They have all the money, the good jobs, the best property, social security, pensions, memories of the Free Love era and something about the freedom to take off their pants. And what do we get? Global warming. STDs. Subprime mortgages just to get a lousy condo. 401(k)s that are eaten half up in Wall Street fees. TV we got to pay for and, worst of all, possibly an extra trip to the DMV.
That's right. There's a fight brewing between homeland security and 17 states over the rules for the REAL ID, which is the new drivers license that is supposed to make us all safe again. Blah blah blah. (Read the Associated Press story here. But here's the part that bothers me: It will only affect those of us born in December 1964 or later (the first year of Gen-X, suspiciously) may have to go get new drivers licenses with added security checks. Why only the younger set? Can't boomer be terrorists too? Unabomber anyone?
Under the rules announced Friday, Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years.
So why the discrimination? Clearly this is part of some grand Boomer plot to keep us younger folk down while they continue to plunder our country's resources. Is it not enough we're fighting and dying in the wars to keep them safe on their second home next to the golf course?
Not that I'm bitter, but the thought of another trip to the Canoga Park DMV just brings a girl down. Especially during cold and flu season.
Comments
Ah, Dear Mariel,
I think I can explain why this is happening to you and not to me. After all that pre-STD sex, those long afternoons without pants (yet panting just the same) and accumulating all that wealth and passing on all that debt to you, we're just too damn tired to pose much of a threat.
No need to ID us. You can see us wobbling down the street, on good days using only a cane and on bad days, leaning on our walkers. We are no longer a threat to the common peace.
We don't want your jobs. And we are highly unlikely to blow up anything other than an inflatable neck brace.
Enjoy your sparkling youth.
Cheers!
Jonathan
Posted by: jonathan dobrer | January 11, 2008 3:36 PM
Thanks Jonathan, that puts it in perspective.
And for all those boomer readers who don't know me, that entry was mostly tongue-in-cheek. Some of my favorite people in the world are boomers.
Posted by: Mariel Garza | January 11, 2008 5:00 PM