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Generation X

noun as in generation after baby boom

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Generation X is made up of people born between 1965 and 1980, while baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964.

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New research says 48% of boomers and Generation X think they could live to 100, too, though they’re trepidatious — especially financially.

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That is earlier than millennials respondents, who said age 61, and Generation X, who said 64.

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The government shutdown aside, a recent Goldman Sachs survey found that 42% of younger workers, including Generation Z, millennials, and Generation X, are living paycheck to paycheck, and nearly three-quarters of these respondents said they’re struggling to save for retirement.

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Greg Gutfeld proudly preaches that his worldview is informed by 1978’s “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” a movie Generation X and Boomers consider to be a comedy classic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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