BY FROMA HARROP We’ve seen senior discounts for buses. We’ve seen senior discounts at movie theaters. We’ve seen senior discounts in supermarkets. Most make some sense, helping businesses attract older customers at slow times when others are working. What makes no sense whatsoever is applying senior discounts to economic policy. Older Americans vote, and nowadays they tend to vote Republican. Clearly, there’s political hay to be made framing President Obama’s economic proposals as attacks on […]
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