[PAA-Discuss] AARP betraying its members

[Anne del Prado]

>From Firedoglake:
It's time to burn your AARP card.
According to news reports, AARP will drop its opposition to cutting Social Security benefits. The huge organization wants a "seat at the table" to will decide how to void our country's social contract.
What's worse is that AARP will now use its considerable wealth and stature to advance this devastating idea in Congress. The group plans to hold town hall meetings across the country to evangelize this new stance to their millions of members.
 
Maybe this is the time to send our membership cards back to the AARP, explaining that this second huge betrayal will not be tolerated. If we all join the Grey Panthers and give them enough of a membership to do some of the things the AARP has been doing and something the AARP would never do (explanation below), we could stop being exploited. 
AARP uses the big insurance companies for life insurance, health insurance, Medicare, etc. 
With at least a million people membership, the Grey Panthers could provide single payer health insurance, ignoring the insurance companies and big pharma. 
Let me know what you think, Thanks,
Anne
 




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