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Let's face it. Strip off the "we represent senior America" rhetoric and the AARP isn't any different than any other oversized, more-muscles-than-brains, obsolete labor union. Wake up, senior America! It's not about you. It's about the money. You just happen to be the commodity the AARP uses to generate that money. Over the years, Uncle Sam has paid the AARP over a billion dollars. The current AARP ad is a Madison Avenue masterpiece. "IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SINK, YOU DON'T TEAR DOWN THE ENTIRE HOUSE." Frightening. Of course, it's supposed to be. Fear is the strongest catalyst...

Social Security: The Real Risks By Peter Ferrara on 10/20/2004 This op/ed was originally published in the New York Post. John Kerry's bitter denunciations of President Bush over Social Security are craven, opportunistic and false. Worse yet, Kerry's approach to the program's crisis risks disaster. Kerry charges that Bush secretly plans to cut benefits or hike Social Security taxes to fund his "scheme" to privatize the program. In fact, Bush has spelled out seven principles of reform, including no tax hikes or benefit cuts. Kerry's claim that Bush's plan will cost trillions is another canard. Consider just one plan —...

John Kerry's bitter denunciations of President Bush over Social Security are craven, opportunistic and false. Worse yet, Kerry's approach to the program's crisis risks disaster. Kerry charges that Bush secretly plans to cut benefits or hike Social Security taxes to fund his "scheme" to privatize the program. In fact, Bush has spelled out seven principles of reform, including no tax hikes or benefit cuts. Kerry's claim that Bush's plan will cost trillions is another canard. Consider just one plan — which the White House has stated is consistent with all the president's principles: ...the legislation recently introduced by Rep. Paul...