Trump and Clinton are both too old to serve as president

Much like the majority of the country, I’m not exactly enamored with our presidential candidates. Hillary Clinton has a 55 percent unfavorable rating, while Donald Trump checks in at a 61 percent unfavorable clip.

And while there’s plenty of vitriol to go around — Benghazi! Mexicans judges! Email! Ban Muslims! — I’ve stumbled upon another reason why I’ve had it up to here with this presidential election: Both these candidates are old as dirt. It wouldn’t surprise me if they both had flip phones. Trump is 70, Clinton will be 69 at the time of the election.

And while there is something to be said about experience, there is also something to be said about having a president who is not older than the New Jersey Turnpike.

But it’s not just about a number; it’s more about a way of looking at the world. Trump and Clinton are both early Baby Boomers, both born right after the end of World War II. Everything that generation touched turned to gold. They grew up in an America that was bursting at the seams. The sky was the limit. Cliches were stretched to their breaking points, and beyond. The Boomers had inexpensive access to education, healthcare, housing, you name it. Note they weren’t in charge; the generation before them were the ones in Congress, in the White House. The same generation that fought great wars and great depressions were the ones who were making the rules, making the Boomers boom. In effect, creating the middle class.

For the last 25 years or so, the Boomers have been in charge of Congress and the White House and how’s that working out for you? In short: Boomers have ruined the country. We are where we’re at — a shrinking middle class, college costs through the roof, a healthcare system nobody likes, just to name a few problems we have — because of the Boomers. It’s true.

Understand something about us Gen X’ers: We’re savers and scrimpers. We don’t live outside our means. We realize we’re one job loss away from welfare. Talk to anyone in my generation who is raising a family, and unless they’re making hedge fund money, trust me: They’re watching their pennies. And the generation after, the Millennials? They’re the same, but with a strong bent toward public service.

But right now, our collective voices are not being heard.

In the House of Representatives, by my count, is 76 percent Boomer and older, while the Senate is 85 percent Boomer and older.

The people making the laws — and our next president, whoever it may be — will be part of a generation that simply does not see the world the same way the younger generations do. Trust me, we’d love to Make America Great Again, but really, we’d settle out of court for a lower cable bill.

I mean, Boomers routinely do crazy things like, say, retire. Retirement is not something us Gen X’ers plan to do. We plan to work, and then hopefully work a little less, and then die. The Boca Raton condo market is going to crater in 20 years, mark my words.

When Barack Obama was elected, I was excited. He was close enough to me that I’m sure he gets it. And he does. He gets it. He’d never say something like “I made a Twitter” or “Hey, let’s make laws that will totally disintegrate the middle class, and along with it, the American Dream!”

I was hoping for that to continue. I was hoping for someone who doesn’t respond to “Gramps” or “Nana” to be in charge.

Alas, I’m out of luck. Much like my generation, at least for now.