Did you know that there is actually a first Boomer? And she recently applied for Social Security benefits.
Here is a blurb from a Hartford Courant article on the subject:
Earlier this month, the nation's first Baby Boomer filed for Social Security benefits. Kathleen "Kathy" Casey-Kirschling, born one second after midnight on Jan.1, 1946, will be eligible for benefits beginning in January 2008. The retired seventh-grade teacher is on the leading edge of what the Social Security administration refers to as a "silver tsunami," nearly 80 million Americans born from 1946 to 1964 who will qualify for Social Security over the next two decades.
I’m in no hurry to apply for those benefits, if they even still exist when I reach retirement age. But articles like this might serve to remind us that most Boomers are horribly unprepared for living without a full time job.
A Little Ditty
3 weeks ago
4 comments:
As bad as it is for Boomers, it will be even worse for Gen-Xers like me.
Ian
this is so true. i wonder if i am a boomer or a generation Xer. i was born december 1964. the dude who wrote the generation X book was my age i believe.
what do you think are the defining features of being a boomer?
Ian - you're right, it'll be worse for Gen-X. Decades of government excess and BS by seniors and boomers have screwed up a great thing.
Merelyme - Dec. 1964 puts you in the last 31 days of Boomerdom. Demographers have defined Baby Boomers as everyone born between 1946 and 1964. It's an interesting grouping of millions of people who would not otherwise fit in the same group.
Think about this: when you were born, many of the oldest Boomers were taking their first semester college finals. What do you really have in common with a 62-year-old other than being a Boomer?
It's an interesting, but artificial designation. It makes us feel special and helps us sound like we're younger than we really are.
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