We're told that we 'baby-boomers' have more money, health and ambition

... than any generation before us. Many of us have bought our houses, and most of us have benefitted from medical treatments unheard of when our parents needed them so we should be pleased.

We should be pleased that our grown up children who can't afford a house 'return to the nest'

We should be pleased to baby sit our grandchildren whilst their parents work to buy the newest gadgets and have the best holidays

We should be pleased that we 'grey surfers' are the latest and best targets for internet traders

We should be pleased that we're taxed, that the value of our houses is falling, that poverty in our generation and the one before us is increasing.

Or shoud we....