Substantial Commentary or Critism

We are making life too hard for Millennials, is an article published, 31 of July 2015, by the New York Times author Steven Rattner. Rattner is a Wall street financier and  the author of the book “Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry” . He writes commentary for the political section in the New York Times. This article is about the millennial generation. The millennial generation has been hardly criticised in the media from the older generation, called the baby boom generation. Steven Rattner writes about that subject and describes in the article that baby boomer generation should not be too hard on the millennial generation. He defends the millennial generation because he thinks that the millennial generation is the most educational generation of all time, but simultaneously the less prosperous generation in the history of the US. It is hard to read the facts, if you live in that generation, but we have to come to realisation that we are the generation that has the most chances or opportunities for education. But, numerous of us will have to pay off a big amount of student debt for a long time until we can put that money aside for our on behalf. I think the author speaks for the millennium generation even though he is not one of us. And, I truly agree with him. Rattner gives numerous facts, examples and statistics to argue his thesis statement that the baby boom generation makes life too hard for us millennial's. The sources are usually from surveys or government statistics and back up his arguments. And I am convinced with those statistics because this man has not only worked as an investment banker, he also provided public service and knows how to work with numbers. Of course, every commentary or opinion should be critically observed from the reader. That is why it is important that we know more about the author and how he wants to convince the reader of his or her opinion. In Rattler´s case , he makes clear arguments and backs them up with statistic facts.In this case, the statistics convinced me as a reader. And, that is really important for critical thinking. An author can have an opinion and an argument, but he has to back up his or her opinion with clear and true facts. This article, or more commentary, is worth reading for the millennial and baby boom generation.