Thank you for the info…. hateful may have been the wrong word and I apologize to all. Maybe overly harsh? That might be better. lol.

ah…. me too….I just think of the big picture….washington has screwed it all up and left us cussing and fighting on chat boards….I think this is just a “look…over there…..” strategy. lol

thank you. I love a good yet civil debate. I appreciate being educated not told to back off, and being made the “face of” what everyone is railing against or that because I am not a senior, my opinions don’t hold weight. LOL…. :) whatever.

Thanks, I appreciate that. :)

I stand corrected, I meant some people of this site are treating me rather hatefully. So, maybe I am supporting the good that I have seen done. all that I can attest to is what I have seen. I am relatively (ok, very) new to this job and am trying to educate myself to all of this the best I can. Thank you for that example, I will google and read the story and educate myself further..

wow! I work to provide lemons for lemonade. I am proud of what I do. My parents lost their home and stood in line for commodities, so I see the pain, day in and day out.

I am an advocacy VOLUNTEER. I only do that because I have seen them doing good. I am new to it at that. wow again berate or educate?

what does that even mean?

i want dissent from me silenced?

oh my god i am not aarp!! I am in no way supportive of cuts. I do not have an aarp card. for the 100th time, I am 41. I am entitled to an opinion. I would sure love more factual information on this, but I have only recieved one, everyone else is far too happy to berate me rather than educate me to you opinion.

thank you for being the only person so far to approach me with education rather than hate. i respect that.

sheesh did you read my comment, I am not aarp. man, you people are hateful. so much for free speech. life is not black and white.

lol wow. that is all that I can say wow…deluded? no, idealistic, maybe..lol

I was talking about us as henny penny’s. whilst they may be usually right, occassionally they are not…I was not referring to the WSJ there.

IF aarp’s position is to cut social security to solve the “debt crisi” HELL YES. Any cuts would be detrimental. All I am saying is that there may come a time where seomthing is conceeded for the greater good. do I like it? NO. do I support it? NO. But then the problem too is that legislature often “throws a bunch of solutions against the wall to see which one sticks”….sometimes a finger gets cut off to save a hand, and yes I oppose it and I am angry. The big picture is, we should not be in this predicament to begin with!!!!

Part of the problem is (IN MY OPINION) 1.they should raise the amount we youngers (again I am 41) pay in. everything else goes up, insurance, product, etc. our contributions should keep in time. I think that when they stop the fraud and waste, they can save ALOT of money to funnel back into the budget. …. 2.They probably have to be a little vague with change, some might have to take place. It cannot be all one side or another. They might have to push retirement back. that would be a much better plan than raising the debt ceiling….(again, i am 27 years from retirement). compromise can be ugly. right or wrong, left or right, i just want what is best for our seniors…..

Ok, first off I am a woman. (just sayin’) Second off, i am sorry I my new status has awakened the conspiracy theorists.lol… I just found this site while reading articles for work. I am the directer of a small aging services agency, that is why I am attempting to remain anonymous.
I am not trying to call anyone clueless, nor a moron. I am saddened that my opinion causes me to be berated. I am not the problem here, I am not wealthy, far from it. I see day in and day out people who make 500-700 dollars social security a month, who are losing benefits over paperwork snafu’s.
I guess what I am trying to say is, I am not “the man”, I am in no way in support of any cuts! Again, I support leaving benefits alone!
I only posted here because I am a passionate advocate for the elderly, seeing first hand everyday the hell heaped upon them in the middle of this bi-partisan pissing match.

I guess I am an idealist in two ways:
1. I see the aarp chapter here doing a lot of good on our state level. I am not ready to give up on them..yet.
2. I thought I still lived in a society where we value diverse opinions, and where it was still ok to have an opinion that might not be popular.

I take umbridge with being told to “back off”. Why is it so threatening that I suggest we continue to educate ourselves. Telling me to back off like I am encroaching upon your property or personal space. What is it about me having an opinion, (right or wrong it is mine that is why it is opinion and not fact..lol) that does not match yours? I do not begrudge you yours.

No offense, but it is sad they way everyone is reacting to an erroneous news story like “Henny pennys” going off half cocked, loaded for bear with the wrong directions…..

I meant to also point out that sometimes change is thrust upon you, in a compromise kind of way. a person might support the “lesser of two evils” in order not to get screwed out of more. KWIM?

also, i am in no way affiliated in a paid capacity with aarp, I am simply a volunteer in my state. my thoughts and comments are my own and in no way should reflect upon aarp.

I read the press release and it doesn’t say they are against any changes in Social Security; it’s very carefully worded

No one can come right out and make a blanket statement against changes, they say in there that they do not support changes that would negatively effect people. they also say they are fighting proposals to cut SS.