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Old 03-07-2014, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by l2ridehd View Post
I dropped AARP when they became a "political voice of their leadership" without regard to their members wishes. They never asked the membership how they felt about gun control, they just decided to lobby for it. They never asked the membership how they felt about ACA, they just decided to support it. I would have stayed if they polled the members and a majority supported some position and then they spent their lobby (read our) lobbying $$$$. But they used member money to support what the leadership wanted, not necessarily what the members wanted.

Maybe tomorrow they will decide that everyone should die by 75 or be terminated and use your money to support it. Pick any position you don't support and if they chose to support it, they will. They will never ask you what you think. They believe they know what is best for all of us. I don't think they do.

So never again will I join AARP.
I totally agree with what you have stated and do even more after reading the following Forbes article. It's quite an eye opener:

How the AARP Made $2.8 Billion By Supporting Obamacare's Cuts to Medicare - Forbes
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