| Did you know that the AARP has received over $1 BILLION in taxpayer dollars over the past 20 years? |
| Yes | ||
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15% | |
| No | ||
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85% | |
Thanks for the heads up.
Posted on 01/01/2006 1:04:41 PM PST by Nasty McPhilthy
AARP is awful.
Anyone but AARP.
http://www.usanext.org/discounts.cfm
BTTT
Thank You for this post, I just joined 1/1/2006.
"Boortz is going to host a coming-out gathering..."
Interesting choice of words here. Boortz is a big time fag sympathizer. Thankfully one of the stations I listen to gave up his show in favor of Laura Ingraham so I don't have to listen to him any more.
I belonged to AARP for over 15 years and dropped my membership when it came due this year.These people are the most self centered people in the country and I would hate to think I was so selfish. They only care about themselves and could care less if they leave this nation broke as long as they get their big kickbacks from the companies they do business with. The only future they care about is their own and they only represent people with big bucks not the poor and needy on SS. I personally on my own can beat any deal they offer just researching on the computer. Unfortunately it is about what they make at the expense of those they represent. I challenge anyone that belongs to the organization to do their own research on the items AARP offers and I will bet they can find better deals individually around their own hometown. AARP just funnels money left and right to its directors one way or the other and they are more of a Liberal Political Machine than anything else.
| Did you know that the AARP has received over $1 BILLION in taxpayer dollars over the past 20 years? |
| Yes | ||
|
15% | |
| No | ||
|
85% | |
Thanks for the heads up.
I received a membership solicitation a few days after the Belafonte fiasco. I sent it back to AARP executive offices (not the mail drop) and told them they could pull it out of Harry's ass....
My renewal and the Harry Belafonte issue arrived within a week of each other...The renewal and the magazine were thrown in the trash after about twenty years of membership.
The only reason I have maintained the ARRP membership was travel discounts and my travel has dropped considerably so it was not a hard decision.
I don't see much of a reason to join NASCON yet but those of you that would like to look go to:
http://www.nascon.org/
Is NASCON the organization whose founder was spamming FR treads a year or so ago?
We only joined AARP because of their medigap policy which
is run by United Health Group. They do not cancel you
nor do they raise your rates because of your age. I would
love to be in this new group but know nothing about
Medicare Advanced Specialists, their medigap insurance
provider. What if they went bankrupt? Between medicare &
AARP we have never had any out-of-pocket expenses & the
financial viability of United Health gives us peace of mind. That's why we put up with AARP, though we have to
hold our noses much of the time.
AARP's deals are not that great.
Most hotels also also use AAA for the same rates.
I agree...With a little research, one does not need AARP.
Does any one know if usanext is worth joining. AARP trashed uasnext in its magazine last year.
They better have very deep pockets.
I checked once back in 1999 about sponsor fees.
At the time the 24 car (Team Hendrick/Jeff Gordon) wanted $25,000.00 for the "B" post (behind the drivers head) on ONE side of the car for ONE race.
That is a space about 18" tall and 4" wide, 72 square inches or $347.23 per square inch.
And that was in 1999 prices...
AARP likely trashed usanext because it is worth joining.
Maybe others here can post personal experiences.
This might be another useful source of information.
http://www.retirementliving.com/RLtaxburdens.html
I joined AARP because I found their auto and home insurance much lower with better coverage than I could find anywhere else. I have also found out from the Hartford that as long as I continue my insurance with them I do not need to be a member of AARP and so I will not be renewing my membership. They said that if I was to drop my insurance and later want to start again, then I would have to rejoin AARP in order to get the insurance. So there is an out for all AARP subscribers.
I joined USANext and made a long, rambling loop from Texas, AZ, NM, CO and back, no one had heard of USANext (motels, etc.), no problem, I'm not a shuffleboard playing, Florida bound geezer driving a motorhome towing a handy little SUV asking for discounts at every stop either. I joined to support what I think might be a good thing. My experience: There was no follow-up after joining and so far, no one is really getting the word out there although I mentioned USANext at every chance.
Drop 'em 15 bucks and help them out but you can get the same discount by asking at the front desk anyhow!
Conservatives are pretty self-reliant, I think that's why these little "movements" sort of fizzle out, hope not but I haven't seen much to change my point of view. Anyone else? I would like to be proven wrong on this--very much.
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