ACLU Sues to Eliminate Senior Discounts

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[SAMWolf]

BALTIMORE, MD — If you are a senior citizen and you've grown accustomed to getting a small discount when you shop at Walmart or eat at Denny's, then you'd better be prepared to start paying full price if the ACLU has its way. Attorneys for the ACLU have filed a Federal Discrimination Lawsuit that seeks to bar U.S. businesses from giving senior discounts.

Karl Lennin, an ACLU attorney told BNN, "The senior discount is one of the worst examples of discrimination in America. It unfairly punishes younger Americans and gives preferential treatment to seniors for no other reason than their age. This is immoral and illegal. That is why we are calling on the courts to uphold current anti-discrimination laws and put an end to this discriminatory practice."

Patrick Henry, a spokesman for the U.S. Chamber of Retailers opposes the ACLU's lawsuit. Said Henry, "If there is something good happening in America, wait five minutes and the ACLU will file a lawsuit to stop it. Their lawsuit is not only frivolous, but shows just how mentally bent this organization has become." Henry defended the practice of giving seniors a discount by saying, "If a company wants to give a little perk to seniors by giving them a small discount, then that is showing respect to a group of people who deserve it. Hasn’t the ACLU heard the saying ‘Respect Your Elders’?"

The ACLU’s Karl Lennin disagrees. Asked Lennin, "Why should a person whose lived a few more miserable years than another person be allowed to pay $5.00 for a meal that everyone else has to pay $6.00? That is nothing more than arbitrary preferential treatment. We don’t let retailers give preferential treatment to people because of their skin color, why should we let them do it because of a person’s age? That’s called discrimination and its against the law."

[SAMWolf]

"If there is something good happening in America, wait five minutes and the ACLU will file a lawsuit to stop it.

Ain't that the truth!!

[Political Junkie Too]

So, for those of you keeping score:

The elderly are not to get retail discounts at bargain stores, but they must get their prescription drugs for free. Is this supposed to make sense?

-PJ

[nocommies]

seems to me the business should be able to sell what they want to whom they want at whatever the hell price they want. MARKET economy, not communist! im 32 years old, and if i pay 6 bucks for a meal, i pay 6 bucks. if they give the damn thing away to someone else perhaps i should just take my business elsewhere if i dont like it. oh no, maybe i should just call the aclu and get some lawyers off the golf course and into the fray. give me a break, as ive said, america's best days, sadly, are behind it.

[SGCOS]

Karl Lennin...Patrick Henry....Brilliant!

[TimSkalaBim]

What's next? ACLU opposing free Thanksgiving dinners for indigents?

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OK, time for a cup of coffee, didn't you guys see the source?

[SAMWolf]

I love the "Gotcha's"

[Springman]

I guess I shoyld tell my Dad he can't get his discount from White Castel?

[SAMWolf]

Go ahead! Rub it in!!

[Pete53]

This is really a crappy thing to do. I was upset.

[hawkeyeBetsy]

Isn't the ACLU everyone's favorite 4 letter word?

Does the meaning of "fixed income" mean anything to these nunces?

[dennisw]

Sue sue sue! For great justice !!!

[cinFLA]

What's next? ACLU opposing free Thanksgiving dinners for indigents?

The obvious. Discounts for children and students!

[LaBradford22]

Karl Lennin, an ACLU attorney told BNN, "The senior discount is one of the worst examples of discrimination in America. It unfairly punishes younger Americans and gives preferential treatment to seniors for no other reason than their age. This is immoral and illegal. That is why we are calling on the courts to uphold current anti-discrimination laws and put an end to this discriminatory practice."

I wonder what this guy thinks about Social Security?

[LaBradford22]

The Bogus News Network? Do you mean CNN?

[tutstar]

bump that!

And I wonder how many more folks will read the article and post a comment before finding out it's "BOGUS" LOL

At least it wasn't me this time! LOL

[Catie]

Total crap. To file a lawsuit, one must have an underlying legal protection upon which to base the case.

There is NO such law to protect younger people from being excluded from consuner advantages offered to older folks.

[Timesink]

Heh, I wish this WERE true. There's nothing goofier than giving out senior discounts. "Congratulations! You made it to 65 without dying! Here's 10% off!" Seniors tend to be the most affluent people, not the least.

[Springman]

I am going to tell him this is real. I'm going over there now for dinner,(Corn Beef), my niece is 16 today and having a party for her.