Obama Proposes Protecting Unemployed Against Hiring Bias

A new protected class, "the unemployed."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/politics/obama-proposes-adding-unemployed-to-protected-status.html?_r=1

If Obama reviewed the statistics, he would discover that the largest percentage of the long-term unemployed are older people. Why aren't older workers better protected from hiring discrimination? That's the bigger issue that needs to be addressed.