Should companies be able to discriminate on pricing based on the age of the customer? Doesn't the Canadian Charter of Rights prohibit discrimination based on a number of factors including age?
The senior age group holds a ton of wealth, and it's generally debt free. Why in heck should a 45 year old pay more to see a movie than a 66 year old?
Good question, Kreskin.
Should companies be able to charge different prices for different people?
What if there is a group whose members are chronically poor? Retirees, for example, probably have less disposable income than working folks, most especially true if they are on fixed incomes.
Consider that, and also consider that they have been paying into the system all their lives - maybe they should get a break.
But what about making somebody else pay more? If old folks pay less, than non-old folks, by definition, pay more.
What about women - most surveys show women make less money than men - should there be "lady's pricing"?
Then the men pay more.
Recent immigrants and visible minorities and the disabled also make less - does that mean able-bodied white male citizens should carry the rest of the country?
I think my argument, by the way, is bunk - we've had "seniors prices" all across the economy for decades and it seems to work just fine and have wide public support.
Maybe sometimes we think inequality does not always result in unfairness.
Pangloss