The American Association of Retired Persons has morphed into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party. Senior advocacy has taken a back seat to their profit centers and their liberal propaganda promotion.
During the 2006 elections they devoted several pages in their California editions of AARP Magazine to promote Democratic candidates regardless of how their positions may affect Seniors. I would presume editions in the balance of the country were used in the same fashion.
They’ve consistently supported Parcel Tax Propositions pushed by school unions that have had an adverse affect on house rich. cash poor seniors property tax bills. When I asked for them to justify these actions, I couldn’t get anyone from the local office to the national headquarters who wanted to justify their positions.
In 1993 when Clinton raised the income tax seniors paid on their Social Security income the AARP stayed mute.
The only time they deviated from the Democrat Party Line was was when they initially supported Bush’s Medicare Drug Program. As the program progressed they mended fences with their Democrat friends by carping about the degree of difficulty seniors had understanding which plan to choose. In spite of Democratic complaints about the program the vast majority of seniors who have participated in the program have been extremely satisfied.
Their profit centers include a Travel Agency, Health, Life, Auto, Mobile Home, Medicare Supplement and Long Term Care Insurance Programs, AARP Funds and AARP Financial, AARP Pharmacy and Medical Supplies and probably others I haven’t identified yet.
Their editorial policies are entirely liberal and the majority of people they feature tend to be liberal icons. They perpetuate the idiotic concepts that the Republicans represent Big Business while the Democrats are the Champions of the Poor and Middle Class, Corporations pay taxes and that all tax cuts are benefit the Rich in addition to the examples I pointed out previously. At this point in time Seniors need Real Advocates. A National Conservative Senior Advocacy Group is sorely needed to counter the propaganda of the AARP.
Any ideas?
Fred J. Huebner, Jr.
About Me
I’ve been publishing and editing regional magazines and weekly newspapers for over 30 years and have been writing Real Estate, Sports, Political and General Interest columns in “View From The Street” for more than 40 years.
During the past several years I’ve read a number of books by Conservative, Libertarian, Republican, Independent, and even Progressive writers that I felt obligated to pass on to friends, relatives, and acquaintances. I made it a point to follow up these gifts only to learn that most of the recipients never got past the first chapter for a variety of reasons. Most often I was told that the writer failed to catch the interest of or convince the reader of the soundness of their argument and thus lost the opportunity to gain a supporter.
While many have questioned my style, I’ve consistently been able to gain the attention of any audience and most of the time get my point(s) across. I may split an infinitive, dangle a participle and frequently use a comma to allow my readers to catch a breath, but readers of my columns never had any doubt about where I stood on any subject.
I’m a fiscal and social conservative all the time, a Republican most of the time and oppose the ACLU and other “progressives” even in my sleep. I support the Melting Pot approach rather than the Diversity fad and have never learned how to stand mute in the face of idiocy.
I’ve been motivated by the number of LIES the general public has come to accept as fact, simply because they have been repeated ad nauseam by the media and others. Readers may love me or hate me, but I’ve yet to meet anyone who was indifferent to my columns.
Fred J. Huebner Jr.
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Feel free to send any comments/questions to my e-mail: fredhuebner@comcast.net
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