{"id":13770,"date":"2009-08-19T04:48:06","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T09:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13770"},"modified":"2009-08-19T04:48:06","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T09:48:06","slug":"60000-resign-from-aarp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13770","title":{"rendered":"60,000 resign from AARP"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve hated AARP as long as I can remember because they’ve so blatantly opposed to everything that has stood in their way to soak seniors out of their savings. They’ve sold crappy insurance and crappy annuities under the guise of a special club for seniors. They were nothing more than an insurance brokerage.<\/p>\n

Despite their attempts to refute the president’s announcement that AARP supported his health care proposals<\/a> last week, Americans knew from their past behavior, it wasn’t outside the realm of possibility. Now they’re voting with their feet, according to CBS News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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CBS News has learned that up to 60,000 people have cancelled their AARP memberships since July 1, angered over the group’s position on health care.<\/p>\n

Elaine Guardiani has been with AARP for 14 years, and said, “I’m extremely disappointed in AARP.”<\/p>\n

Retired nurse Dale Anderson has 12 years with AARP and said, “I don’t wanna be connected with AARP.”<\/p>\n

Many are switching to the American Seniors Association<\/a>, a group that calls itself the conservative alternative as CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was inevitable. By spending a little bit of time doing the research, you can buy better insurance and annuities than AARP offers and probably save yourself some money in the bargain. They’ve tried to instill fear in their members when the Bush Social Security plan might have saved it for a few more years. They used fear to prevent younger Americans from being able to invest part of their Social Security contributions and have a shot at having real returns and a real income in their retirements.<\/p>\n

I hope AARP dies a quick yet painful death. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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