AARP is pretty far to the left with their endorsements and they don't stick to issues regarding elderly or retired.
They branch out a lot into unfamiliar territory kind of like the CDC with deciding gunshot wounds are a disease but vehicle accident injuries and industrial accidents are not.
>>AARP, the advocacy group for people over age 50 that opposes diverting Social Security taxes into private accounts, is irked about a new organization with a similar name -- minus one A -- that is advocating the changes. The new group, founded by Republicans, is called Alliance for Retirement Prosperity, or ARP. "Gee, what a coincidence," said John Rother, AARP's policy director. <<
That full story is at AARP upset new group named ARP.
As for the con-man angle? One of their well-known tactics is to "borrow" a well-known and respected group's cachet by chosing a similar name for their own sleazy operation: >>a name similar to a reputable organization's is used -- such as "American Cancer Center" instead of the American Cancer Society.<<
See Telemarketing/Direct Marketing Fraud.
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