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Fri Jun-17-11 03:06 PM
Response to Reply #57 |
| 74. The person I talked much earlier said it was accurate, now they are telling people it is misleading |
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I think it would be in their best interest to spell it out VERY clearing, and not use words like "misleading" which has different connotations
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| -Key Seniors Association (AARP) Pivots on Benefit Cut(dropping opposition to cutting Social Security) |
kpete |
Jun-17-11 10:04 AM |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Jun-17-11 10:06 AM |
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AARP is an insurance industry tool. nt |
bemildred |
Jun-17-11 10:07 AM |
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There should be no doubt about it now, and who they really represent. It sure isn't seniors /nt |
still_one |
Jun-17-11 10:12 AM |
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that is the truth---I applied to AARP for health insurance & it was double what I'm paying now |
wordpix |
Jun-17-11 11:56 AM |
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It is more than a tool |
xxqqqzme |
Jun-17-11 12:07 PM |
#28 |
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Actually, they are an insurance company. Always have been. |
deaniac21 |
Jun-17-11 01:33 PM |
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They are a tool all right. Back when W was beginning to lead the pack |
cognoscere |
Jun-17-11 03:40 PM |
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AARP is a fraud. They have lost their clout, and as this story begins to circulate, I suspect they |
still_one |
Jun-17-11 10:10 AM |
#3 |
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they have 40 million members, but this position doesn't reflect members stance |
WillYourVoteBCounted |
Jun-18-11 10:11 AM |
#114 |
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TPM says bullshit on WSJ |
GillesDeleuze |
Jun-17-11 10:18 AM |
#5 |
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I just called them and asked them if it was accurate, and they said yes. Their number is |
still_one |
Jun-17-11 10:27 AM |
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AARP twitter says they have not changed positions |
roxiejules |
Jun-17-11 12:07 PM |
#29 |
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ABC news says they are talking out of both sides of their mouths /nt |
still_one |
Jun-17-11 01:18 PM |
#42 |
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Alan Simpson compares the move to “the Arctic icecap breaking.” |
roxiejules |
Jun-17-11 02:46 PM |
#63 |
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killer quote: "changes would be phased in slowly,..." CHANGES |
WillYourVoteBCounted |
Jun-18-11 10:13 AM |
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I just called that same number and the lady told me it was |
neoralme |
Jun-17-11 02:32 PM |
#59 |
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You accuse ME of being a "provacateur"? The person I spoke with told me it was accurate. I provided |
still_one |
Jun-17-11 03:02 PM |
#73 |
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Yes. Okay. Sorry. I am moving into war mode. We have got to |
neoralme |
Jun-17-11 03:17 PM |
#76 |
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no problem, Bloomberg just reported the following 55 minutes ago |
still_one |
Jun-17-11 03:20 PM |
#77 |
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They'll do a back and fill op. No matter what we have to get more |
neoralme |
Jun-17-11 03:35 PM |
#78 |
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I think they backtracked and starting spinning the story |
roxiejules |
Jun-17-11 04:13 PM |
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I can totally believe.. |
sendero |
Jun-18-11 07:05 AM |
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They did. They did cut their throat. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:14 AM |
#99 |
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Huff Po reporting AARP willing to negotiate on Retirement Age |
roxiejules |
Jun-17-11 12:15 PM |
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A much better headline for sure...AARP wants a seat at the table, you know they will be changes |
Change Happens |
Jun-17-11 02:49 PM |
#67 |
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So Ruperts WSJ is now.... |
NCcoast |
Jun-17-11 02:04 PM |
#51 |
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Flush AARP. |
plumbob |
Jun-17-11 10:29 AM |
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They have far too much |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:16 AM |
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All it took |
bongbong |
Jun-17-11 10:31 AM |
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I read years ago that AARP was being infiltrated by neocons. Here's your proof. |
DesertDiamond |
Jun-17-11 10:32 AM |
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Plan D is the proof also. |
jwirr |
Jun-17-11 11:15 AM |
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AARP can take |
JEB |
Jun-17-11 10:35 AM |
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Wow - AARP sides with Republicons against their own members |
SpiralHawk |
Jun-17-11 10:36 AM |
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We're surrounded. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:18 AM |
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Horrors. Well, they always were just an insurance company. |
JDPriestly |
Jun-17-11 10:49 AM |
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Not always.. Their sellout began with Medicare part D. . .n/t |
annabanana |
Jun-17-11 11:23 AM |
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Trully...nt |
ooglymoogly |
Jun-17-11 12:36 PM |
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AARP is a pure bullshit propaganda, for profit, mouthpiece for the string pullers; to bamboozle |
ooglymoogly |
Jun-17-11 12:42 PM |
#33 |
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YES! If you go back in the DU archives |
newspeak |
Jun-17-11 07:44 PM |
#94 |
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AARP hawks insurance |
PatSeg |
Jun-17-11 10:53 AM |
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Corporate sell outs. n/t |
Fearless |
Jun-17-11 10:54 AM |
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THIS will be used as Leverage for the Corporate Dems |
fascisthunter |
Jun-17-11 10:58 AM |
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"Source: Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal" |
emulatorloo |
Jun-17-11 11:00 AM |
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AARP is a private corp.. not a government program... fuck AARP. |
earcandle |
Jun-17-11 11:02 AM |
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That does not surprise me. I will not join their group. They are nothing |
jwirr |
Jun-17-11 11:12 AM |
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"The ship was sailing. I wanted to be at the wheel when that happens," if |
leftyohiolib |
Jun-17-11 11:15 AM |
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Somebody should shut down their servers, Anonymously |
Oxy Contin |
Jun-17-11 11:20 AM |
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Now I have to quit them AGAIN!! |
annabanana |
Jun-17-11 11:22 AM |
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I also have quit them once and now I'm back |
oldbanjo |
Jun-18-11 09:31 AM |
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Ah, "pragmatism" raises us up again. Surely there will be fair dialogue |
ProgressIn2008 |
Jun-17-11 11:33 AM |
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The AARP is not a "seniors association" |
nichomachus |
Jun-17-11 11:49 AM |
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That's what I thought. People seem to think they're all sweetness and goodness because they're |
Raschel |
Jun-17-11 12:32 PM |
#31 |
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Call them. They say a different story. n/t |
WhiteTara |
Jun-17-11 11:54 AM |
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Of course they will tell you a different |
xxqqqzme |
Jun-17-11 12:52 PM |
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and then after I told her she was lying, not because |
WhiteTara |
Jun-17-11 02:14 PM |
#54 |
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I think you did |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:28 AM |
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keep trying until you do. n/t |
WhiteTara |
Jun-18-11 09:03 AM |
#111 |
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AARP did this same thing on Bush's drug/Medicare bill ... |
maryallen |
Jun-17-11 12:44 PM |
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That's when my family dropped them. |
Jakes Progress |
Jun-17-11 03:50 PM |
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I share your contempt for AARP. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:31 AM |
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FUCK! |
blackspade |
Jun-17-11 12:46 PM |
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I will not vote for any politician who weakens soc sec benefits |
The Second Stone |
Jun-17-11 12:54 PM |
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I'm with you. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:34 AM |
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Perhaps this is the result of the so called GOP attack on AARP? |
roxiejules |
Jun-17-11 01:06 PM |
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By considering a retirement age increase in the current economic climate. |
Dawson Leery |
Jun-17-11 01:14 PM |
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I'll NEVER join the AARP. nt |
Joey Liberal |
Jun-17-11 01:14 PM |
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me neither |
shanti |
Jun-17-11 02:08 PM |
#53 |
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Me too. I always send back their postage paid envelopes empty. n/t |
elocs |
Jun-17-11 02:33 PM |
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You do realize that's a violation of federal law? |
lbrtbell |
Jun-17-11 02:46 PM |
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so is smoking weed. |
shanti |
Jun-17-11 07:36 PM |
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What can i say? I forgot to put anything in it. It's not like you can get them to stop sending |
elocs |
Jun-17-11 07:37 PM |
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Why would USPS care one way or the other? |
plumbob |
Jun-18-11 09:11 AM |
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Too late for me. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:36 AM |
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They don't need members any longer, now that they're |
savannah43 |
Jun-17-11 01:16 PM |
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I remember during the HC debates AARP endorsed the HC bill |
FarLeftFist |
Jun-17-11 01:28 PM |
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Their children and grandchildren, thank them in advance. |
mzmolly |
Jun-17-11 01:32 PM |
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AARP Has Not Changed Its Position on Social Security Reaffirms that program must be strengthened |
kpete |
Jun-17-11 01:37 PM |
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actually if you google the article title you'll get to read it in full |
alp227 |
Jun-17-11 01:40 PM |
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- - - 888-OUR-AARP (888-687-2277) |
Faryn Balyncd |
Jun-17-11 01:42 PM |
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quit AARP |
evdebbs |
Jun-17-11 01:42 PM |
#49 |
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Hey Baby Boomers -- it's revolution time again |
Auggie |
Jun-17-11 01:58 PM |
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you got that right! |
shanti |
Jun-17-11 02:07 PM |
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I'm Boomer One, born on the first day of the Baby Boom generation. I'll |
neoralme |
Jun-17-11 02:37 PM |
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I was born on the first day of Generation X |
lbrtbell |
Jun-17-11 02:49 PM |
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I'm not a Boomer |
fascisthunter |
Jun-17-11 02:46 PM |
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We are all together in this but we will have to move away from |
neoralme |
Jun-17-11 02:55 PM |
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Good thing I'm not a member. I get their stuff in the mail all the time, and |
truth2power |
Jun-17-11 02:16 PM |
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Never thought I'd be glad to be of a certain age. |
MoonRiver |
Jun-17-11 02:21 PM |
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Just spoke to the poor unfortunate handling the phones for AARP. |
CBHagman |
Jun-17-11 02:27 PM |
#57 |
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The person I talked much earlier said it was accurate, now they are telling people it is misleading |
still_one |
Jun-17-11 03:06 PM |
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Yeah "misleading". |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:52 AM |
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I just got off the phone with AARP!!! The article in the WSJ is total |
neoralme |
Jun-17-11 02:30 PM |
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I knew this of them long, long ago.... |
Tikki |
Jun-17-11 02:47 PM |
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Obama is winning his War on Social Security: |
MannyGoldstein |
Jun-17-11 02:52 PM |
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Exactly correct. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:46 AM |
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What I noticed in recent AARP newsletters |
ThoughtCriminal |
Jun-17-11 02:54 PM |
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That's the thing. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:58 AM |
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'AARP plans to hold hundreds of events for seniors, in every state." We need to give them an earful |
Harriety |
Jun-17-11 02:57 PM |
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What a load of clap-trap. n/t |
orbitalman |
Jun-17-11 03:01 PM |
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Contacts to complain Please call and email! |
Liberty Belle |
Jun-17-11 03:11 PM |
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AARP gave cover to "democrats" who voted for the confusing Medicare Gap Plan. |
Jakes Progress |
Jun-17-11 03:48 PM |
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I'm so glad I did not renew. Wish I could stop their mail too. |
Paper Roses |
Jun-17-11 03:50 PM |
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You might be able to do so..... |
Tikki |
Jun-17-11 05:06 PM |
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The PTB only talk about raising the age or cutting benefits... |
Fiendish Thingy |
Jun-17-11 04:28 PM |
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yeah tax up to the first $1 million, by raising the cap you'd fix this-BUT |
StarsInHerHair |
Jun-17-11 08:03 PM |
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i knew there was a reason |
barbtries |
Jun-17-11 05:03 PM |
#85 |
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I'm out of AARP today, and told them why I'm leaving. |
Ozymanithrax |
Jun-17-11 05:14 PM |
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I just got off the phone |
Old Time Pagan |
Jun-17-11 05:29 PM |
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I sent them an email basically saying the same thing. nt |
Mojorabbit |
Jun-17-11 08:27 PM |
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AARP Stood wiith G.W. Bush and the Republicans on the Prescritption debacle... Part D |
lib2DaBone |
Jun-17-11 05:35 PM |
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They just had a representative on NBC news |
spinbaby |
Jun-17-11 05:42 PM |
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General strike. |
European Socialist |
Jun-17-11 06:45 PM |
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Aarpholes |
Warren Stupidity |
Jun-18-11 06:04 AM |
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I recently joined AARP. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-18-11 06:09 AM |
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Sounds suspiciously like they got told to back off or they won't have a place at the table |
Capitalocracy |
Jun-18-11 08:06 AM |
#110 |
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