The NY Times has a piece by some Yale Prof. Not surprisingly he proposes:
Ageism has not ended, but that should not stop those questioning and seeking to rein in American gerontocracy.
Ageism is prejudice against older folk. Gerontocracy is the group of older who have been successful and prudent and have assets. Now this character is no saying "kill the old" but it comes close.
First home ownership. My current house bought in 1980 had a mortgage rate of 18.5%! It would have been cheaper on my credit card. I had to bear the Nixon/Johnson war tax if you will. Fortunately Reagan came in and put a halt to it.
Second, I drive a Honda. Not a BMW or Mercedes.
Third I worked seven days a week, and for several years by traveling around the world managed to get at times greater than 24 hours for a day.
Fourth, I have no country club, no country house, etc.
Fifth, I saved wisely.
Thus due to my prudence I am in the gerontocracy. Perhaps this Yale Prof may be coming for me? This character further states:
Absolutely, but what your story misses is that older citizens are complicit in the lack of senior housing. We have very good studies of how land use decisions — typically at town meetings where there is a lot of white hair in the audience. Ironically, if we democratized land use we would serve elder citizens better — by building more age-appropriate housing for them, and more housing in general.
Yep, ship me off to age appropriate housing...try NYC with the local Marxist! No wonder students, at Yale and elsewhere are so off center!
We have gone from "kill the rich" to now "kill the old"! Thank you US Universities....
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