Interesting discussion on this: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/835571843 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/835571843 Excerpts: > GONZALEZ: Valuing people diffe

Interesting discussion on this: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/835571843 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/835571843 Excerpts: > GONZALEZ: Valuing people differently was kind of tried once in 2003. The EPA, under the George W. Bush administration, was considering a new clean air standard. How clean the air should be. And the EPA was like, well, people over age 70 have fewer years to breathe clean air. They should count less. And a lower value on some lives would essentially mean looser clean air standards. > MALONE: The EPA suggested that, perhaps, older people should be worth 37% less money. > STEVENSON: It became known as the senior discount. > GONZALEZ: The senior death discount, actually. People protested. They held up signs that said granny for sale. It did not go over well. > STEVENSON: The backlash was so intense they, very immediately, walked away from that, and you haven't seen any kind of similar proposal since.