Rarely have I disagreed with Greg Jayne. From his Trump parodies to his sports metaphors, I find myself nodding in agreement, declaring “Word!”
But not so with the disappointing “Boomers making country go bust” (The Columbian, Nov. 17).
First, Jayne throws a bone conceding that boomers have contributed a few bright lights in the country’s history such as the civil rights and women’s movements, yet goes on to condemn them for every “selfish” act for which they alone are responsible.
Excuse me, but since when did one generation alone elect any president? This country is made up of voters of every generation; right now we have qualified voters from four generations deciding who will run our nation. According to the Census Bureau’s website, millennial voting only increased by 1.1 percent (46 percent overall) in our last election, while nearly 71 percent of registered voters 65 and older went to the polls.
