This just sounds like everyone? I am sure some ageism happens but the only “scientific” part of this is a quick single source comparison of total number of job hunters.

Its awful out there.

This person survives inside a antagonistic system therefore they cannot critique it -centrists or purists, again, ugh.

I see so your suggestion is to make a government that has never functionally exist before and not eliminate something based on how it has actually been used the vast majority of the time but rather protect it based on your idealized version of how it could be used in your fantasy government.

I am sure all the people who will suffer in the meantime support your fantasy.

They work for the same class of people as the GOP. He is trying to get his side to win. Kushners.