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AARP plays small ball: Group is missing the big-picture issues

...policies of the senior citizens interest group AARP are shortsighted and work against the long -term...interests of its current and future members.AARP is focusing on the relatively small issue...federal programs will be forced down.But AARP is oblivious to a debt crisis. They treat...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-04-07/aarp-plays-small
Free tax help will start Friday at several Augusta-area locations

...residents with low- to moderate-income levels can receive free tax assistance beginning Friday at Augusta-area locations.AARP is working with the Internal Revenue Service to sponsor the Tax-Aide Program, which helps taxpayers prepare their state and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-01-31/free-tax-he
Free tax help available for many

...services regardless of how much you earn. AARP, the nonprofit organization that advocates...preparer, there are a couple of options:AARP offers free federal and state tax preparation...hire a professional rather than use an AARP volunteer, says Speedy. But if the person...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-30/free-tax-help-available-ma
Georgia senior citizens want safeguards against abuse, Alzheimer's

...The task force it would create would collect data and report back to the legislature, according to Kathy Floyd, lobbyist for AARP, which has nearly 1 million members over age 50 in Georgia."It's a process," she said. "It can provide a framework...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-03-04/georgia-senior-citizens-want
March is time to watch your back

...Irish eyes smile. A GOOD DAY: Today's a good day to talk to your financial planner.Yes, according to the latest copy of AARP magazine (quit laughing) Fridays are the best days to talk to financial folks because planners often use Fridays to plan ahead...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-14/march-time-watch-your-back
Free Income Tax Preparation Through AARP Tax Aide

...income tax preparation is available through AARP Tax Aide for low- and middle-income...tax returns. Patrons do not have to be AARP members to take advantage of this service...Security cards for all dependents, if AARP Tax Aide did not prepare the return the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/latina-emerson/2012-01-20/free-in
AARP's costly agenda

...most formidable special interest group. AARP lobbyists are bringing their massive laundry-list...programs being proposed. If every item on AARP's list was passed into law, says NTUF...For the average taxpayer, notes NTUF, AARP's proposals would amount to a tax increase...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/05/17/op_261610.shtml
Opinion columns
AARP starts selling mutual funds

WASHINGTON - AARP, the big seniors advocacy group, has started...to simplify investment choices for seniors, AARP Financial said in a news release issued Monday. Each fund, carrying the AARP brand, invests in a diversified mix of stocks...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/04/25/fin_78837.shtml
Finance
Raps our stand on AARP agenda.

...note: The author is president of Georgia's AARP.) I was disappointed in your edi-torial embrace...by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation ("AARP's costly agenda," May 17). The AARP public policy agenda is not our legislative agenda...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/06/20/edi_264073.shtml
Editorials
AARP gets Georgia input on health reform

AARP Georgia held a "tele-town hall" Thursday with...in the conference call with the state chapter of AARP and one of its Washington representatives, Nicole Duritz, deputy director of AARP's federal health reform campaign. In an informal...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2009-12-11/aarp-gets-georgia-input-heal
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