http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/genration-x-turns-40-will-the-slackers-get-the-last-laugh/ The latest Headlines, news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/genration-x-turns-40-will-the-slackers-get-the-last-laugh/#comment-4356162 Kristi Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:19:15 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=171462#comment-4356162 It all goes back to those movies, like Reality Bites. Gen X makes me think of people trying to define themselves. Maybe not now, but especially in the 90's. Things like that stick and you can't get rid of them. It all goes back to those movies, like Reality Bites. Gen X makes me think of people trying to define themselves. Maybe not now, but especially in the 90′s. Things like that stick and you can’t get rid of them.

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/genration-x-turns-40-will-the-slackers-get-the-last-laugh/#comment-4348912 Nick Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:38:24 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=171462#comment-4348912 ...Tired of the implication that Gen Xer's are slackers. Over and over again, we step up to answer for the 'leadership' mistakes of the elder generations. Repeatedly, this generation has stepped up to fight for our country. Gen X has the best trained military in the history of our nation. We continue to work and will work long past 70 years of age, where our predicessors retired in their late 50's and early 60's - expecting entitlements. (Which we are paying for.) For crying out loud - the Silent Generation is the first in our nation's history to not even elect a president from their own generational group. …Tired of the implication that Gen Xer’s are slackers. Over and over again, we step up to answer for the ‘leadership’ mistakes of the elder generations. Repeatedly, this generation has stepped up to fight for our country. Gen X has the best trained military in the history of our nation. We continue to work and will work long past 70 years of age, where our predicessors retired in their late 50′s and early 60′s – expecting entitlements. (Which we are paying for.) For crying out loud – the Silent Generation is the first in our nation’s history to not even elect a president from their own generational group.

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