Baby Boomers Impact On Society

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Growing up as a millennial, I have always looked to the works of the baby boomers. Not only have the baby boomers paved the way for my generation, but they have also laid a foundation. As a result, this proves that the baby boomers have had a tremendous impact and vital value on the lives of the millennial generation. With that being said, the baby boomers deserve to be respected and should continue to be the idols of the present and future society. Unfortunately, sometimes that is not always the case. For instance, “some writers have been harshly critical of boomers as a group, describing them as selfish” (Moody and Sasser 2015, 455). That is to say, not everyone agrees that the boomers have had a positive impact on the American society. On

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