Too old

Over the past ten or so years, I have applied for a number of jobs, for which I was qualified for based on education and experience but to no avail. Laws about age discrimination are routinely ignored and not much is done about it. We only hire the best qualified people but you are over qualified. This has now spread into politics. Many people like Joe Biden as a person and his experience is over a life time but he is over qualified. Many like Bernie Sanders for the same reasons but he is over qualified. Just as people should not be discounted because of their skin color they should not be discounted for their age. Many of the same people who would be aghast if a candidate was disqualified based on race will openly say that Joe and/or Bernie are too old. They don't base this on the candidates ability to meet the demands of the job but just because of their age.