Adele Ferguson

AARP policy, Gregoire departure,War Powers Act

ITEM - News that AARP, the most influential lobby for senior citizens, has decided that America’s fiscal straits are so serious that it is willing to consider supporting cuts in Social Security, was deemed a political earthquake nationwide. AARP has for years regarded any reformers of Social Security as evildoers who want to bankrupt Granny. The change in heart, it’s said, is because AARP finally accepts that Social Security cuts are inevitable and wants to be at the bargaining table when they are made.

COMMENT - AARP officials, whose 37 million m...