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1. Enforcement?

Reply to avaistheone1 (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 03:07 PM

Feb 2013

Hell. A few years ago I had multiple interviews with state agencies - in two of them, the interviewer pretty much came out and told me I was too old. One actually said (in response to my rather goggle-eyed "I can't believe you said that&quot , "prove I said it."

And smiled.

If the government agencies know they can blithely practice age discrimination then the private companies must know they're home free.

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New York Times: In Hard Economy for All Ages, Older Isn’t Better ... It’s Brutal [View all] avaistheone1 Feb 2013 OP

Enforcement? enlightenment Feb 2013 #1

I am sorry to hear that. Wow! That is really brazen on that state's part. avaistheone1 Feb 2013 #3

John Lennon - Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #2

This is the result of an economic system that views labor as simply coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #4

I didn't think it would get so bad. avaistheone1 Feb 2013 #8

Not only are YOU disposable, so is your retirement fund. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #11

I read a financial self-help book once that passed along some very sage advice, I think. The coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #12

Very true CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #13

Bernanke is the one responsible for blowing the pension funds: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #14

Bernanke should be replaced CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #23

For some reason, that reminds me of a scene from the original "Alien" movie Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #15

My "retirement" is an IRA. To avoid eating into it, I've had to take SS much earlier... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #18

You forgot to add.... llmart Feb 2013 #22

Even 22yrs. Ago I saw the writing on the wall re employment... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #24

There hasn't been any enforcement of these laws for generations now. Robert Reich's DOL Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #5

Wasn't the economy booming, lifting all boats including those of avaistheone1 Feb 2013 #9

That was the story. Like most things we are lead to believe it was only partly true. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #10

I heard that upon finishing grad school; I heard that when I was 55. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #19

As long as Goldman Sachs and AIG get their bonuses, all is well and right. Octafish Feb 2013 #6

The New Steal? Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #16

Which is why SS and Medicare age limits need to be raised. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #7

Definitely a good read...along with a sad read.... n/t KoKo Feb 2013 #17

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #20

The EEOC.... llmart Feb 2013 #21

and the boomers shanti Feb 2013 #25