National Journal's Jim Tankersley Talks Parasitic Baby Boomers, Jobs on Jansing & Co.

By National Journal Staff

Updated: May 30, 2013 | 12:01 a.m.
October 5, 2012 | 12:39 p.m.

National Journal's Jim Tankersley appeared on MSNBC's Jansing & Co. to talk about today's jobs report and his cover story for this week's National Journal, "My Father, the Parasite," which discusses the wreckage that the baby boomers have left behind for the next generations to fix.

To discuss the impact, both positives and negatives, of the baby boomers, Tankersley decided to have a weeklong debate with his favorite baby boomer, his father Tom, at the family's cabin in the woods of central Oregon.

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