Just recieved from a bagger-- his letter to the CEO of AARP

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I repled to the guy who sent me this "I assume that you have refused any and all Medicare benefits and Social Security payments."

I also wonder why if he has been so dissatisfied with the AARPs position, is he still a member? And exactly how does AARP make insurance commisions from Medicare? Those questions I did not ask in my reply since they are probably too complicated.


August 8, 2009

Mr. A Barry Rand
AARP
601 E Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20049

Dear Mr. Rand,

I am 71 years old and I have been a member of AARP for many years. At no time do I ever recall being asked my opinion regarding what I want regarding any government program that our organization has been lobbying for or against. In talking to fellow AARP members, I have failed to locate one that as ever been asked his or her opinion concerning positions the organization is advocating. Your lobbying efforts are totally unauthorized by the membership. In fact, you are lobbying against the best interests of the membership.

Your advocacy of left wing policies in AARP The Magazine made me so angry that I stopped reading it years ago. It goes directly from the mailbox to the trashcan.

I know that AARP has made much money from insurance commissions as a result of the Medicare government program. I am sure that is your motivation for your current support of the Democratic Healthcare Reform bill. Since, you get more money from insurance commissions than membership fees, you do not seem to care that the majority of the American people and your membership oppose the Healthcare measures proposed by the Democrats in Congress. You are counting on the expansion of Government into our insurance programs to produce more income for AARP and thus a larger salary for you. The one you are currently drawing allowed you to make a substantial contribution to the Obama Champaign.

Your claim to be a "nonpartisan membership organization" is totally false and your treatment of your members is disgraceful. Your officials did not have the guts to face the opposition to your positions voiced at a recent meeting. When they left that meeting of members they proved that they did not care what the members wanted.

The Congress got away with the stimulus package and the bailouts. However, now that they are trying to take away our freedoms concerning our choices of insurance, medical procedures, doctors, privacy and institute taxpayer funded abortion and taxpayer funded healthcare for illegal aliens, they have gone too far! They have awakened a monster. The American people and your members are mad as hell and they are not going to take it any more.

I and a great number of other members are going to do one of two things:
1. Persuade the officials of AARP to respect our wishes and stop supporting the Democratic Healthcare Reform bill or
2. Cancel or memberships in mass.

You, Sir, need to take our concerns seriously and respond to them NOW! You can start by instructing your employees and volunteers to respect the wishes of your membership.

Respectfully yours,



Jack Xxxxx