Title: Dark secrets of AARP finally exposed to light
Headings: Dark secrets of AARP finally exposed to light
Dark secrets of AARP finally exposed to light
Why the AARP health 'reform' endorsement?
Following the money trail
AARP's federal funding
Left-leaning activism and campaign contributions
Gun-control advocacy
Immigration and migrant workers
Pro-homosexual agenda
Shredding the AARP membership card
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Content: However, the foundation works so closely with AARP that the two entities are barely indistinguishable." According to the report, the AARP Foundation is located in the same building as AARP, where employees work "practically side-by-side with lobbying staff" – and the AARP Foundation's second largest source of income is AARP. In a March 2001 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services on federal aid, the AARP Foundation reported receiving money from the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, according to NLPC. A 2008 donor list includes mention of "institutional support" from the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Labor. Advertisement - story continues below
" [I]t's outrageous that taxpayers are being used to advance [AARP's] liberal agenda to expand government and thwart Social Security reform," Carlisle contends. " Ending federal subsidies to AARP would put an end to the unjust practice of publicly funding a highly partisan and controversial interest group." Left-leaning activism and campaign contributions
Former President George W. Bush attempted to reform Social Security through the use of private retirement accounts in 2005. His plan sought to permit workers to redirect 4 percent of their Social Security payroll taxes into private accounts that would invest in mutual funds and other securities. Advertisement - story continues below
But AARP reacted to Bush's proposal by slamming its members with mass mailings and spending $5 million on full-page advertisements in 50 newspapers and an additional $5 million on print ads opposing Bush's plan. With its nearly 3,000 chapters, AARP attended congressional town-hall meetings to counter Bush's proposal.