It was a great line in the film. I like to call the young generation of today the "nothing generation." "Nothing" because we en masse are going to be renters, have lower paid jobs than previous generations and be expected to fund the baby boomers healthcare. Being a pizza delivery guy or a shelf stacker is as good as it will get for many of us. Hence the title "nothing generation."
shareBS. every generation thinks they are better than the new one. in America the best is always yet to come.
I have to disagree with you here. The american economy for young people is far worse than they are telling us in the corporate media. For many younger people, the job prospects simply no longer exist for many reasons. In addition to the terrible job market, younger people are saddled with big debts and a housing market that continues to be over-inflated.
shareRetirement is no longer voluntary for many boomers-a lot more of them are going to work until the company says no mas...be it a buyout, crappy reassignment, or "layoff" or "reorganization" (really an age-discrimination related firing, but good luck proving that).
But anyway, because the boomers aren't voluntarily retiring and it is a much longer and more difficult process to force them into it, thousands of grads every year who in previous times would be hired are not. This isn't to say I think people who majored in underwater basket weaving should just be given jobs, but for example, where I work we are putting people with degrees in economics and finance from very good schools into back office transaction verification type jobs. People who are bright enough to be analysts no problem...but the analysts who used to be exclusively in their 20s are now in their 30s, and the managers who used to be in their 30s are in their 40s and no one is moving.