FAARP

The American Association of Retired People (AARP) is running ads on local Boston radio trying to scare retired seniors (its bread and butter) about upcoming “cuts” to Social Security benefits.  The gist of these ads is that Congress is looking into what AARP calls “'change CPI,’ another fancy Washington term” which is obviously the way that the Social Security Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) is calculated … which then determines how much retirees benefits increase each year.  AARP is urging seniors to call their Congress persons and tell them to not change this calculation … “which will slash Social Security benefits by $112 billion in the next ten years.” See: AARP Document.  In other words, please keep applying the possibly too large COLAs.  Only Democrats can claim that a reduction in the rate of increase as a “cut” … and only AARP can advocate that we seniors (my family is on Social Security) should keep robbing from our children and grandchildren.

There is something rotten in the state of AARP.