Age discrimination be made illegal in the workplace

I would like to apologize for my grammar errors. Due to the fact that my opponent did not state or provide a proper case, i will however try to answer his questions as well as cross examine the little information he provided. 1. "I am very curious to know what sources you are siting for this information." i did provide sources as well as studies that proved or helped my case. "Is an invalid point if the younger applicants have more experience. Just because someone is elderly, or older, does not mean they have an abundance of experience. The same can be said about younger workers, not all young workers lack experience." I agree that not all young workers are inexperienced; however, the fact still remains that the older/ elderly workers has more experience due to the years of practice and experience. This combination adds up to become an increase in productivity. If my opponent read my cards, then he would have seen various researches that proved this theory to be a fact. A study by University of Mannheim researchers in Germany found that older employees are much more productive than their younger counterparts. "There have been no studies linking age discrimination to racial or religious discrimination, or at least I cannot find one." My opponent seems to misunderstand this statement, i did not say that age discrimination is directly linked to racial and religious discrimination. I did state that Age discrimination is as "UNJUST" as racial and religious discrimination. Economy: I stated in myt second argument that Age discrimination reduces the productivity of a company, My opponent responded to this statement by stating that "The reasoning behind this is simple, hire young workers whom you can train, who are already not set in their ways.". This statement is the exact reasoning why older workers are the better choice as they are more productive. By hiring only younger applicants who as my opponent stated has "not set their way", the company is most likely to collapse as the younger workers are more likely to make critical mistakes. By hiring experienced older workers as well as younger workers, the older more experienced workers are less likely to make these critical mistakes, and more likely to take over and show the younger workers the correct way to perform the task at hand. " A younger worker is more likely to stay with a job for five or more years than an older worker who is up for retirement soon." This statement might be true; however those five to six years does not necessarily equal productivity. These younger workers are less experienced and by allowing them to work for you, they are gaining experience in the specific field; however there lack of experience could resolve in critical mistakes and without older workers who has worked for a long period of time, these workers will continue to make mistakes until they are experienced enough to avoid these mistakes. The process of gaining experience does not take a short period of time like my opponent suggested, rather it takes a long amount of time, work effort and commitment. Any physically demanding job an old person should not be hired for unless they are physically capable. In stating this, my opponent has forfeited the round to me as he is basically saying that if a person is fit for the job, then the person should be giving an equal chance to acquire the job position/ job promotion. Age discrimination states that if an applicant/ worker is over the age of 50, then he/she is old and should not be giving an equal chance for a job/ promotion. "You stated the age cap of 70 but you stated no minimum age, in this section we will assume that all workers/applicants are between the ages of 1-17." I should not have to state the minimum age for a job applicant, The minimum age to acquire a job position is obviously 16. I should not have to state this to a United States resident. Conclusion: My opponent did not present a valuable case as well as tackle my theory of: Age should not be an indicator of ones ability, instead the employer should examine all of the applicants ability and capability. Thank you.