The Wall Street Journal recently reported the AARP will support benefit cuts to Social Security. The AARP responded by saying that “our position has not changed on Social Security.” That’s actually true. For years, the AARP has been open to cutting Social Security benefits. Below is the proof of AARP’s clear willingness cut Social Security. [...]
AARP’s Years of Support for Social Security Cuts |
| By: Jon Walker Wednesday June 22, 2011 12:30 pm |
AARP has Been Talking for Months About Being Open to Social Security Cuts |
| By: Jon Walker Wednesday June 22, 2011 7:26 am |
AARP is very much open to supporting cutting Social Security benefits. AARP’s push back and non-denial related to the recent Wall Street Journal article was simply that they didn’t want people to infer that AARP supported Social Security being part of the specific deficit ceiling negotiations going on at this moment. Separate from those exact [...]



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