This is the year that Millennials will outnumber Baby Boomers in America. With a new generation ascendant and an old one firmly gripping to power, what will happen to fundamental tenets of the American safety net? Will entitlements like Social Security and Medicare still be there for generations that come after the Boomers? Will Millennials experience retirement as we know it today?

Ben White, an unrepentant Gen-X’er, has some pointed questions for Boomers about the economic legacy they’re leaving him and younger generations.