Aunty,
you bring up a good point about the younger generation being just as stupid with their finances. I guess, the truth is, I have a lot of disdain for the way my own generation is acting. The difference is what salmosalar eluded to. My generation is not in the position that the boomers are. We do not have the wealth or political capital to really change things. We will be judged by our children, just as you are being judged by us. I think the biggest point I would have to make is that your generation is probably the first in the history of the world to leave their children a world with less potentail and hope than when they entered. Having been left with a world full of potential and wealth, they leave it bankrupt and polluted, the entire time blaming someone else. Will our generation leave it worse? That is yet to be seen. At present, we while seem to be starting down that path in some areas, in others we are seeing great strides. My guess is that when I leave this world, we will see great strides made in taking down dams, using alternative fuel sources, feeding the world, and cleaning up the enviroment. In no way, we will be messing it up in the way our parents did. Perhaps we will do it in our own way. That, however, is a chapter no yet written.