AARP's Two Masters, Mammon and Obama (Part One)

AARP's Two Masters, Mammon and Obama (Part One)

 

PART ONE: AARP and Mammon

AARP’s advertised motto, “To serve, not to be served,” mischaracterizes both the purpose and function of the 56 year old organization.

Formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, a name changed when it decided it could rake in more money by opening its doors to anyone over 50 retired or not, and originally known as the National Retired Teachers Association until it branched out for the same reason, AARP principally serves two masters, their pagan god of greed, Mammon, and their political god, Barack Hussein Obama.  

Any services provided to AARP’s 40 million gullible members are entirely tangential. 

For those unaware, when you hit the ripe old age of 50 and whether you’re interested or not, AARP will undoubtedly send you a membership card and invite you to join the ranks of those millions of others who foolishly believe they are in the business of looking out for the best interests of America’s elderly and soon-to-be elderly and who are oblivious to the truth that the organization makes over a billion dollars annually from advertisers and promoters of its wide variety of offerings.

None of this is meant in any way to disparage money-making in our capitalistic economic system. 

Rather, what’s repugnant is that AARP still presents itself as a peoples’ advocate or, as CEO A. Barry Rand says on their website, “AARP helps you live the best life at any age.” 

Add to that baloney the fact that it is deep in President Obama’s pocket and subserviently supports every policy the administration supports however detrimental to members those policies may be, AARP could very well be the greatest corporate charlatan in America. 

AARP hopes to accomplish the lofty goal of bettering everyone’s lives by peddling, at a hefty profit, everything from life insurance to long-term care insurance to health insurance to auto insurance to homeowners’ and renters’ insurance, to the biggest boondoggle of all, Medigap policies. 

In addition, they sell loss leaders like driver safety courses as well as a whole slew of other “benefits” you may never need or want but all of which accrue to the benefit of AARP’s bottom line. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=36254.)