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| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 862 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 76.216.70.120  Rating: N/A |
Many folks will find items to use in their conversion at Home Cheapo or Lowes. If you haven't moved in a while , go to the local Post Office and grab a stack of address change moving packets. In FL and CT they contain a Lowes 10% discount card to $500., that Home Cheapo also honers . 10% here, 10% there could save enough to fill a fuel tank in a few years!! FF | ||
| Douglas Wotring (Tekebird)
Registered Member Username: Tekebird Post Number: 400 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 71.59.75.212 Rating: N/A |
additionally, if you are an AARP member, you get a 10% discount off of Gift cards at HD......thats 10% off the face value...... | ||
| David Guglielmetti (Daveg)
Registered Member Username: Daveg Post Number: 72 Registered: 2-2009 Posted From: 71.139.244.152  Rating: N/A |
AARP...do you know where your money goes? | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 864 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 76.216.70.120 Rating: N/A |
AARP...do you know where your money goes? If we get the socalized medicine that has FAILED worldwide , and loose medical care , to waiting in line at a burocRATS desk, you will know . Rationing , and screwing the young and healthy is the AARP dream. FF | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 541 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.155.14  Rating: N/A |
FF That is not AARP's fault about socalized medicine. I am a member and I use another health care provider because of the cost and have MORE coverage than being offered by AARP. I think that socalized medicine has come from the White House. Gomer | ||
| Sean Welsh (Sean)
Registered Member Username: Sean Post Number: 912 Registered: 1-2003 Posted From: 70.90.213.222  Rating: N/A |
Marvin, if you are a member, you should probably bone up on what your leadership has actually been lobbying for in Washington. Sorry, but I think FF is correct on this one -- the lobbying stand has been pretty consistent, and it is a very powerful lobby indeed, thanks to the sheer number of members it can claim. Keeping those members somewhat in the dark about the behind-the-scenes activities is all part of the game. One of the ways AARP has consistently beefed up its membership numbers, from which it derives so much clout, is by offering a simple package of benefits that, frankly, are not all that hard to come by. The 10% discount mentioned above is one of them; note that almost any organization can arrange for more or less that same 10% discount at most of the same establishments. Even a AAA card will get you that discount many places, and I know that various motorcycle and RV clubs I have belonged to over the years offered much the same thing. One undeniable advantage the AARP has in negotiating for benefits is impressive group buying power in its age demographic. Few other organizations would be able to secure similar group medical plan discounts. I don't qualify for membership (just yet) -- which hasn't stopped them from soliciting me -- but, personally, I'll pay a few extra bucks for medical coverage before I'd support an organization with the AARP's lobbying record on entitlements. JMO, of course, FWIW, and YMMV  Sources and more information: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/10/01/84702/index.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501308.html http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?870aaa31-be18-4c57-bb8f-7b86575a02db http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?year=2008&lname=AARP http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/govt/jpitney/gov106Example.htm http://todaysseniorsnetwork.com/aarp_lobbying.htm http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2005/04/poor-grades-for-aarps-proposed-reforms.h tml http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n5_v30/ai_20588860/ -Sean http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com | ||
| niles steckbauer (Niles500)
Registered Member Username: Niles500 Post Number: 937 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 173.78.29.189 Rating: N/A |
"Membership has it's privilege" a slogan instigated by American Express is the biggest bunch of marketing hogwash ever propogated - If the American public ever STOPPPED joining rip off organizations, whose total purpose is to promote the political agendas and pocket books of the ORGANIZERS, and started studying the issues and began thinking for themselves - I would feel a whole lot better about the future of this Republic - FWIW | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 543 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.155.14 Rating: N/A |
OK!! 50 lashes with a wet noodle is in order,I guess. I will look further into the subject at hand and will draw,probably a new conclusion conclusion at the end. THANKS Gomer | ||
| J.C.B. (Eagle)
Registered Member Username: Eagle Post Number: 152 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 166.204.219.145  Rating: N/A |
Personally I think we should demand the same health coverage that our Congress-persons and Senators have. | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 835 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 70.210.164.132 Rating: N/A |
Why not....and pay for it in LOW MONTHLY installments... as I am quite sure they do not...or? RCB uhhhhohh...watch the politics, guys...!!!!! best stick to Busses...or is that buses??? |