Reader asks: Ashton, are senior citizen discounts a form of age discrimination?Yes, like all policie
Reader asks: Ashton, are senior citizen discounts a form of age discrimination?Yes, like all policies with age cutoffs, because they eliminate everyone below or above that age from consideration. Many olders are indeed on a fixed incomes, but since the early 1990s Americans over 65 have experienced lower rates of poverty than the rest of the population. It would be fairer to allocate discounts according to economic status, but infinitely more complicated to assess and administrate. -- source link