I get their ads in the mail, and they have somehow gotten my e-mail address as well, so that I receive a double dose of their drivel. They seem to have mastered the art of psychological warfare, and to engage in sophisticated scare tactics to get us "older" Americans (sarcasm on) to be afraid, to be very afraid, of being left out in the cold when our usefulness to society has come to an end.
The following may seem to be disgusting, but it expresses my attitude toward the AARP and any other "elder" organizations that claim to speak for ALL of us "old folks" and our civil rights, etc. Namely, I wish I could send them that nasty little fold-up card that the doctors give us "old folks," on which we are supposed to provide cross-sections of our latest bowel movement, when they want to do a cancer check.
They pick a group who has money and picks their pocket.