Reports Mark Tapscott over at the Washington
Examiner:
Earlier this month, I reported that a
revolt was breaking out among AARP's 40-million members in
response to the enthusiastic and extensive lobbying by the
group's Washington leadership on behalf of Obamacare.
Now, other media are beginning to notice and we are
starting to get a trickle of numbers that hint at the
magnitude of the outrage among AARP's members.
CBS News reported Monday that a top AARP official
admits the organization has lost at least 60,000
members who specifically cited the Obamacare issue as
their reason for leaving. And the CBS report also noted a
spike in new membership at a conservative rival to the AARP,
the
American Seniors Association.
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
