Gen X gets rightfully ignored in these discussions because they're less affected by it, having come of age before the big downturn, and less responsible for it,

Gen X gets rightfully ignored in these discussions because they're less affected by it, having come of age before the big downturn, and less responsible for it, having come of age after the damage was done. I'm 34, I graduated high school just in time to watch the economic prosperity I had viewed through the eyes of older friends and relatives immediately explode out from under me. I can remember when everything wasn't totally doomed forever, but I never got to experience it first hand. Gen X did, and while it's not like they haven't suffered along with us since, it's not quite the same. You don't get our sympathy, but you don't get our anger either.