So, what makes Gen Y the most entitled generation ever? I'd argue that title goes to the Baby Boomer generation (at least for the time being).
I'd apply your criticism to the generation a half-generation younger than the Greatest Generation, namely the generation born during the birth dearth of the 1930s. (They are largely the parents of the Baby Boom.) The Baby Boom generation paid into the Social Security system to a greater degree than the birth dearth generation did, but will have a substantially higher retirement age.
The demographic facts are reported in reasonably good detail (but pointing to different issues) in Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers.
I'd apply your criticism to the generation a half-generation younger than the Greatest Generation, namely the generation born during the birth dearth of the 1930s. (They are largely the parents of the Baby Boom.) The Baby Boom generation paid into the Social Security system to a greater degree than the birth dearth generation did, but will have a substantially higher retirement age.
The demographic facts are reported in reasonably good detail (but pointing to different issues) in Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers.