Retirees Alert

BETRAYED    AGAIN   !!!!!

                               Anna Zurawinsky

Once again, the A A R P has betrayed their senior members as they did several years ago, if you recall the AARP along with President Bush initiated the treacherous “Doughnut Hole” which currently forces seniors to pay $4500.00 out of pocket for their prescriptions.  This past week the Wall Street Journal and the Alliance For Retired Americans reported that the AARP supports major cuts to Social Security benefits.  I dropped my membership during the Doughnut Hole fiasco because this organization did not support seniors, indeed this latest news seems to confirm my opinion.  The ARA Executive Director Ed Coyle stated that the AARP does not speak for all the seniors as well as many of their members.

However, because of the AARP’s announcement there is an immediate threat to our Social Security Plan as well as Medicare.  Legislators who wish to dismantle these plans are elated and many legislative proposals are being introduced.  Senator K. Hutchinson (R-TX) is introducing legislation that would present an immediate Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment cut for current beneficiaries and would raise the retirement age to 69 in 2016.  B. Easterling, President of the Alliance said that “we will continue to fight efforts to balance the budget on the backs of our seniors while giving millionaires tax breaks”.

What you can do to protect yourselves :

• If you are an AARP member, inform them of your displeasure and reconsider your membership

• Contact your Congressional Reps and your Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to stop the cuts to Social Security and Medicare

      We must stand together and stop these attacks on senior benefits or we will all fall into a disastrous pit.