You may have noticed an interesting frame the plutocrats and their spokespeople are using in the debate over reducing social security and medicare benefits – pitting the young against the old. The campaign is relentless, smearing the elderly as parasitic and stealing from the young.

Someone should tell the Times’ obits editor: Perpetuating historical discrimination is still discrimination. Saying “it’s always been done this way” is no way to break down old boundaries and crack glass ceilings.