A few years later, I contacted them and asked about their very liberal stance on so many issues.
They responded, telling me that the organization had no political stance, but always polled the members and adopted the majority position.
That did not satisfy me for long, because I never got polled!
So I sought a conservative alternative, and found it in AMAC, which I joined within hours of finding it; THANK YOU!!
Not willing to just let it go at that, I contacted AARP and told them to cancel my membership (one year left), magazine, and all their advertising materials I have been receiving. A week later, they responded, said they were sorry to see me go, and advised me it could take up to six weeks to cancel my membership.
Kinda funny, since when I joined they hit my card within MINUTES, and I was a member the day I joined.
One year on AARP was plenty. It did nothing for us and I felt I even wasted the $5 intorductory fee. That was 20 years ago. We got all the discounts anyway and we hated their political stance. That magazine was just nasty. I was very offended by some of the articles, and a 55 year old, as most articles were about, is NOT representative of the typical retiree! RV Living is better for that, even.
We got a live call from some guy in the the past 11 years that began, "Hi! This is Stan Smith! Like many AARP members.........." I rudely interupted him saying that I would never contribute to AARP as they were just a bunch of Liberals who never really stated my views. He politely said, "Thank you for your time." That was the only good interaction I ever had with AARP.
