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It's High Time America Did Away With Senior Discounts
Business Insider ^
| 5-29-2013
| Alex Mayyasi, Priceonomics Blog
Posted on 05/29/2013 8:08:27 AM PDT by blam
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:08:27 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
I find that the age to obtain discounts recedes over the horizon faster than my reality bound ground speed.
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:10:54 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: blam
My life story. Now that I almost qualify. Some expletive person wants to cancel it?
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:12:01 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
To: blam
Popping my corn and standing by...
4
posted on
05/29/2013 8:12:53 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Paladin2
My video store has senior discounts over 85 years of age.
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:13:21 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: blam
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:13:33 AM PDT
by
Perseverando
(The truth is hate to those who hate the truth.)
To: blam
Dear Mr. Mayyasi,
If senior discounts so greatly offend you, feel free to contact those businesses that offer them directly.
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:14:48 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: blam
Alex Mayyasi better stay away from assisted living facilities.
5.56mm
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:14:53 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: blam
You could replace senior discounts with death panels. Obamacare stops joint replacement and many medical procedures to make life more enjoyable. Former Governor Dick Lamb said “Seniors have a duty to die” so these death panels make sense. Social Security funds have been spent for pork to the tune of $13.4T so seniors are of little use now days. Lets continue the assault on the seniors. /S
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:16:08 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: blam
It is my experience that senior discounts are fantastic. I love them. Properly made, they bring customers at ties or days when sales are slow.
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:16:21 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....Obama Denies Role in Government)
To: M Kehoe
"from assisted living facilities"
Any of those have gun lockers in the rooms?
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:16:25 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: blam
“If youre a twentysomething, or part of what some journalists have colorfully called the screwed generation, you may be wondering: why not me? “
Because you have not earned it yet. Just another part of the poor me generation....
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:16:36 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: blam
Senior discounts don’t add up to a hill of beans.
How about getting rid of IRS!
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:16:46 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
To: BunnySlippers
"...senior discounts over 85 years of age. "
I can hardly wait ;-)
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:17:45 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: blam
We are now old enough now for some senior discounts, and always thought they were a little weird, as older people usually have MORE money than younger....BUT, with the amount of TAKERS that we support with our TAX money, we’ll take what we can get....considering it a tax rebate.
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:18:43 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
To: TADSLOS
I once had the misfortune of having worked for a retailer who decided to do away with Senior discounts. Probably the ugliest couple of weeks of work in my life until I decided the risk to life and limb was not worth it and quit.
To: blam
It’s not America that is responsible for senior discounts but individual businesses who are trying to attract seniors because they are good business.
To: blam
Gee I enjoy my senior coffee at Mcdonald’s. What a deal.
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:19:52 AM PDT
by
ncfool
(Obama's aMeriKa 2012 can we make it until 2016?)
To: blam
That is pitting one generation against another one. Take from one to give to another - does that solution sound familiar? The problem is JOBS, not seniors. If jobs were available, young people could work.
Just using a number for seniors ignores those seniors who are barely getting by. In many cases, seniors live on a fixed income so it is going to stay at that amount. Prices go up but their money doesn't go up.
I grocery shop at Kroger and they give a small discount to seniors. Food is expensive so that discount is a good thing.
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:20:56 AM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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