Senior Discounts: Who Cares

 Read in the media that some of the "younger" folks want senior discounts to stop. First of all, have they looked at the senior menus offered by restaurants? I am not toothless, tasteless and brainless. To eat that junk, you are better off getting the kid's menu. At least there's a toy to give to the great grandkids. Second of all, even though you are obviously a senior, you must ask for the senior discount and that feels like begging sometimes. Merchants should ask if you would like the discount and go from there. It is not an insult to ask someone if they are a senior, incidentally. Only silly elders think they look far younger than they really are. Go for it seniors and take whatever is offered. Young people do, why not you? Senior's day at the super market is packed with seniors and I don't see many that look like they don't need it. What the complainers who say that senior discounts should be stopped, must fancy they are all rich. Ridiculous. Working folks can depend upon raises and perks on the job. When you are on a fixed income, th-th-that's all folks - to quote a Disney pig. You don't have any more than what the government determines. And that's not enough if you pay rent or land taxes. Lots of younger people in their situations are getting free money for various reasons determined by the same government while seniors, being older and in some opinions, therefore dispensable before their "time", can eat cat food for all they care. Most seniors quietly have been paying their taxes over the decades to support education, medical services and infrastructure that they don't use but do share and appreciate. They often don't drive cars to muck up the air, they are law abiding and complain very little. To take away the tiny discounts that are mostly not used and matter very little, is in a word "cruel and selfish" of the younger set. Go and speak to the seniors who live in basements and old folks homes, not the rarer rich retirees who are on cruises and going off to their summer homes. To remove elder discounts doesn't mean a whole lot, but for some, it is essential and needed.