In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:02:01 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...

But what is the scam? Dues are $5 or less a year. That's not going to
break many people.

That people take too seriously an AARP endorsement? I don't konow how
many do but they are free to compare prio


A few years back the AARP started getting into political items that I do
not think represent older people one way or the other.

Even on the ones that relate to old people, I don't know that I agree
with them. For one thing, I haven't got the time to keep track of
wheher they stand.

So it's just the choice of words I'm disagreeing with I guess. I
wouldn't call it a scam unless they tricked me into thinking they would
lobby different from how they do.

My biggest gripe was they were backing major gun control issues.

That is around the time I was just getting of AARP age. I quit looking
into them after that. Don't know what they are up to now and do not
care.

Most magazines charge advertisers by how many magazines they sell. So
they can afford to almost give away the magazines to get the bigger
advertising money.

Yes.

BTW, DPB says 16/year, but I'm sure I paid less than that, 7 years ago.
Maybe they mailed me a renewal letter and I didn't open it. I wish
everyone I deal with would just email me. (not that I will renew but
that I want to know what I'm not doing, and what it woudl cost.)