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S4 members visit with AARP members
October 22nd 01:44:31 PM
Members of S4 here in DC hit up the local AARP chapter meeting earlier this week to try and get an idea of how members of AARP feel about Social Security reform and Personal Accounts.
As most are aware, AARP is one of the largest and most influential opponents to PRA's...and here at S4, we don't quite understand WHY. Afterall, AARP represents retired people, so Personal Accounts would not affect their members AT ALL! Equipped with hand-outs and info about S4, we showed up early to the meeting and were able to ask the members questions and get conversations going. "What do you think about Social Security reform and Personal Accounts?"
Interestingly, none of the members present understood why we were asking them this- many laughed and said, "That issue doesn't affect me - I'm retired already." (translated: "HELLO-U R A DUMBO, why would I care about this?!?") One elderly lady said that she had no problem with people having the choice of personal accounts, but then reiterated that ultimately, she didn't care since it didn't affect her.
For a while now, we've had a hunch that AARP's anti-personal accounts rhetoric is not representative of its actual members - and at the meeting, they proved us right. Thanks AARP! You've renewed our determination to keep fighting for reform; to dispel the myths and lies and let the facts speak for themself.
Even your own members could see that personal accounts were a viable solution to the looming problems with the current Social Security system. Thanks AARP for proving that you don't represent your members, but instead are guided by partisan politics. Is that some sort of new recruitment technique? Not representing your members while at the same time, working as hard as possible against a cause that all your FUTURE members are totally in favor of? Note to self: don't be like AARP.
Posted by Evan Dent
Comments
Did you ask them about the corruption and conflicts of interest inherent in their organization?
Posted by Adam Cahn on October 22nd 09:39:08 PM
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