The Post War Generation Comes Of Age

Well the US Department of Census weighed in on the big question: Who is a Baby Boomer? I have seen these dates defined a little differently, but the Census says that baby boomers were born from 1946 - 1964, an almost 20 year span of great American fertility. After World War II, Americans got down to the business of making love not war, and that’s why baby boomers are also called the post-war generation. Apparently, in the US, when we say war, WWII is the war we mean.

We Are Aging

First Boomers Are Over 60

The special edition census report came out in 2006 and made note that in that year the oldest baby boomers were turning 60. In fact, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush counted themselves in that class. Other persons of note who turned 60 in 2006 were Cher, Donald Trump, Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton.

Boomers and Social Security

The report goes on to note that almost 8,000 people a day turned 60 in 2006. Two years later, most of those same people are turning 62, and that means that some of them will begin the flood of social security recipients. The census bureau estimates that by 2031, when all baby boomers are at least 65, there will only be 2.1 workers for each social security recipient. So we don’t have to be a psychic to see the potential problem there.

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