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Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.
Claude Pepper
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Claude Pepper
Age: 88 †
Born: 1900
Born: September 8
Died: 1989
Died: May 30
Former United States Representative
Laborer
Lawyer
Politician
Dudleyville
Alabama
Claude D. Pepper
C. Denson Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper
Ageism
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Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.
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I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless
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If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.
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