Employment age discrimination is financially devastating to its victims, and, by dumping older workers into the welfare system, it costs taxpayers vast amounts of money.
Here are some thoughts on how to address the problem.
1. Congress should have the Library of Congress and the Congressional Budget Office quantify the federal budget impacts of age discrimination:
The answer to this question would be valuable for federal policy purposes:
"How much do lower wages and lost wages due to age discrimination cost the federal government in lost taxes and higher costs for benefits programs described in a prior section of this report?"