Judging from the letter to the editor below, from the March 19th issue of the Boulder Daily Camera, AARP is busy spreading misinformation regarding social security reform…
THE ELDERLY
Don’t send us to HoovervilleThis week I was privileged to be among the clients at the West Boulder Senior Center who had their 2004 income tax forms prepared for them (at no cost) by AARP volunteers.
These trained professionals offer their services free yearly to older members of the community, especially widows like me, who otherwise would have been overwhelmed by IRS lingo. Customers were from all sectors of the community. All races, creeds and colors were represented.
Most elderly would not survive without Social Security, and if lucky, to have small pensions from our working days.
If President Bush is successful (as he plans) in diverting Social Security to the private sector, we old folks will be catapulted back in time to the economy of President Herbert Hoover (another Republican oil man). At my advanced age (79) I have accrued a lifetime of experiences, one of which was the knowledge that I’ll never be smart enough to out-guess the stock market or other “get rich quick” schemes.
PAT IVERSON Boulder
One can only hope that the AARP does tax returns better than they provide factual information regarding social security reform.
