[ozborn]

My impression of the US in the pandemic era is that the value of the old is not held in high regard. Even prior, culture was focused on the young. However the value of money (which on average the old may have more of?) and catering to those who have it is definitely real and may be what you are suggesting.

[ndiscussion]

I believe there's a reason the old people are more rich, and it's caused by these very policies.

When boomers were 30, they were many times richer than millennials.