My mom was an Xer and lamented that she was part of the first generation to be worse off than their parents. Our saving grace was the fact that welfare program

My mom was an Xer and lamented that she was part of the first generation to be worse off than their parents. Our saving grace was the fact that welfare programs had not yet been completely gutted and that the 90s ushered in an era of prosperity that lasted long enough to get us kids through school (just in time for the GFC, yay!).