August 7, 2009 7:23 AM
Why you should quit AARP
This was from last week, but never too late to expose a national organization trading on prestige built when it was truly concerned only with the constituency it served. AARP is now intent on advancing the liberal agenda of those at the top, using membership dues to do so, and pulling the wool over those aged 50+ that haven't realized AARP no longer serves their best interests.
(See the contempt with which seniors not on board with Obamacare are treated here.)
Obamacare could kill AARP By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor July 30, 2009Marketing operations don't get any slicker than the one behind AARP. Their invitation to join arrived in my mail box even before I turned 50. I joined for one year, but never renewed because I knew the truth about this famous group.
That truth is this: Millions join AARP and in return receive a host of useful services and resources. But their money and influence are hijacked to support causes that are absolutely inimical to their best interests.
The hijacking is the work of AARP's Washington staff, which is an integral part of the tireless liberal lobbying machine that runs 24/7 in the nation's capital pushing to protect and expand current government entitlements and to create costly new ones.
But AARP's leadership has outsmarted itself by going all out to aid President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in their drive to nationalize America's health care system.
That was predictable, given AARP history. In 2005, AARP led the charge against President Bush's still-born proposal to reform Social Security by allowing younger workers to put a small portion of their contributions into private investment accounts. Two years before that, AARP backed Bush's Prescription Drug Benefit, the largest expansion of the Medicare program since its creation in 1965.
In short, stick around D.C. for any length of time during the past three decades and you likely figured out that AARP's national office was and is today a key player on the side of Big Government, higher taxes and more bureaucracy.
Read the rest at the Washington Examiner.
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Comments
Thanks! I was wavering, but you convinced me to join AARP today!
Posted by: dogbert | September 11, 2009 3:00 PM
Somehow, I doubt that, dogbert. :)
Posted by: Sue from Buffalo | September 11, 2009 6:20 PM
