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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAARP still looking for people to fill out Social Security and Medicare survey
https://action.aarp.org/site/SPageNavigator/youveearnedasay_questionnaire.html?mid_key=1091787620foma&mem=0&cmp=NLC-MEM-050712-YEASremail6Tell them that Medicare for All is the way to solve the financial problems of Medicare, and for Social Security Just Scrap the Cap.
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Then I canceled it after I read their "Release Statement."
AARP morphed after a few good years into not much more than a big insurance company targeting seniors. I had switched my membership quite some time ago to the Alliance for Retired Americans and this reminds me why I did that.
eridani
(51,907 posts)I just like to take every chance I can to make some noise about Social Security and Medicare.
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Cool.
You're certainly right about the benefit of making noise re Social Security and Medicare, but I got really pissed at that required release. Even the tone of the wording was absolutely arrogant. I just couldn't bring myself to agree to it, even knowing that it was highly unlikely to have any bearing on me at all.
Maybe I'll reconsider in the morning... just this once. lol
HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)AARP is just an insurance company with a cheap disguise.
MrYikes
(720 posts)You've Earned a Say
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groundloop
(11,518 posts)I was actually thinking about doing that "survey" until I read this. Why the hell would they ask for the right to 'edit' my remarks before using them in an ad or whatever.