Changes

Between the end of World War II and 1964, 78 million baby boomers were born and now are part of the "Boomers" generation. They far outnumbered their predecessors, for the birth rate was low during the [[Great Depression]] years of the 1930s.  They have been retiring in large numbers and greatly increasing the number of people in retirement and receiving assistance from the Depression-era [[Social Security]] program.

Between the end of World War II and 1964, 78 million baby boomers were born and now are part of the "Boomers" generation. They far outnumbered their predecessors, for the birth rate was low during the [[Great Depression]] years of the 1930s.  They have been retiring in large numbers and greatly increasing the number of people in retirement and receiving assistance from the Depression-era [[Social Security]] program.

As of 2015, the [[Millennial]] Generation outnumbered boomers. Like Boomers, Millenials get their name from newspaper and magazine editors and writers and again like Boomers and unlike other generations where a large group of people born in the same era, sharing the same experiences, are not politically united.  Since the Vietnam War of the 1960s when boomers came of age facing a mandatory draft to maintain a [[Keynsian]] "full employment budget" of the United States government and reduce [[unemployment]] among large numbers of recent high school graduates and drop outs, Boomers until their senior years never were able to exercise [[political]] power despite their large numbers. The Vietnam War divided them socially, politically, and culturally, basically between those who loved their country with a respect for [[law]] and democracy, and [[radical]] socialist criminals who would rather do [[illegal drug]]s then to go fight and die for other people's freedom, as the Greatest Generation had.  Baby Boomers and older generations have been gradually shrinking, from 61% of the electorate in 2008 to 44% in 2020.

As of 2015, the [[Millennial]] Generation outnumbered boomers. Like Boomers, Millenials get their name from newspaper and magazine editors and writers and again like Boomers and unlike other generations where a large group of people born in the same era, sharing the same experiences, are not politically united.  Since the Vietnam War of the 1960s when boomers came of age facing a mandatory draft to maintain a [[Keynesian economics]] "full employment budget" of the United States government and reduce [[unemployment]] among large numbers of recent high school graduates and drop outs, Boomers until their senior years never were able to exercise [[political]] power despite their large numbers. The Vietnam War divided them socially, politically, and culturally, basically between those who loved their country with a respect for [[law]] and democracy, and [[radical]] socialist criminals who would rather do [[illegal drug]]s then to go fight and die for other people's freedom, as the Greatest Generation had.  Baby Boomers and older generations have been gradually shrinking, from 61% of the electorate in 2008 to 44% in 2020.

[[Image:Babyboom.jpg|thumb|300px|St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, 1941]]

[[Image:Babyboom.jpg|thumb|300px|St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, 1941]]

The boomers are much better educated and have higher incomes than previous generations of Americans.

The boomers are much better educated and have higher incomes than previous generations of Americans.