The AARP is publicly supporting the House version of the alleged health care reform legislation.
This does not bode well for that organization’s future membership count. Senior citizens are not buying into the Hype and Change garbage pumped out by House and Senate Democrats. Overwhelmingly, seniors are opposed to the changes proposed by Nancy Pelosi. Nevertheless, the AARP leadership deems it a worthy endeavor.
Could any of this have to do with the AARP’s own liabilities with respect to health care benefits?
The AARP is already on board with the liberal ideology that you can and should get something for nothing. They have an article on their website that endoctrinates members by telling sob stories like the guy who wanted to fulfill his “moral obligation” to provide health care coverage for his 14 employees. But with costs of coverage skyrocketing, he actually had to ask his staff to kick in 25% of the cost. Sob, that meant a pay cut for them.
Well hell’s bells people! What do you think you have been getting to date? It was and is a free ride – at least it WAS a free ride (with insured getting “free” coverage from their employers and then the costs from the care to the big users of care getting shifted to the non or low-users).
Now that we can’t keep sweeping the costs under the “coverage” rug anymore because the lump is so big, people are crying the blues.
Why aren’t we just paying wages in cash and letting people buy what they need and want for themselves. I am sick and tired of all the bullshitting going on by politicians and businesspeople.
The altruistic government created this mess through the complex tax code that gave us tax-free benefits in the first place. Now that everybody got used to getting their health care from their employers “cost free” (or mostly cost free), the same employees can’t deal with the reality that this government created health care system has broken our economic backs. It has rendered our society as incapable of prioritizing their spending as much as Soviet citizens after the collapse of their communist system.
The AARP leadership must not follow through on this leaked story. If they back this new government plan to attempt to fix the old government plan which led us to our current system, they will lose members. Not just a few either.
If you don’t believe me – look at the video. I would hate to be a local representative dealing with the mob that will be demanding a refund of their dues.
Last August – the AARP was videotaped ignoring the views of its own members. The AARP does not care what their own members think or want for that matter. They mistakenly believe that by expanding Medicare, which is broke – by the way, the system will get better for AARP members.
