AARP should spend time studying plan

AARP recently sent petitions to members so they could show their support for the government health care plan. They, like many of our legislators, are accusing opponents of using scare tactics, myths and lies to derail the plan.

Why? This is a plan that our legislators and even the president admit they know very little, if anything, about. I doubt if AARP has done an in-depth study. If this is such a great plan, supporters should be eager to give Americans all the details, all the pertinent information.

Maybe AARP should take the time to investigate the 1,000-page document and honestly report what is positive and what is negative and not just blindly endorse it. Americans who question this plan, because so little has been revealed, are being called goons, mobsters and accused of using Nazi tactics. Just because we disagree with our legislators who are promoting a partisan plan they can't explain to us.

Hopefully, Americans still have the right to disagree with our government and express our concern to those we have elected to office (freedom of speech?).

I believe AARP has engaged in scare tactics. Backing a plan so few, if any, know much about, accusing opponents of scare tactics and trying to intimidate seniors to support their position. This whole situation is akin to an investment scam where investors are asked to invest their money with promises of huge gains. But, don't ask any questions. Just trust the information provided by the scam artist who, we are told, has our best interests in mind.

If we are to have a universal health plan, let's have one that is the very best it can be. So good that even our senators and congressmen will want to participate in it or be forced to. This is the kind of plan AARP and other citizen advocate groups should demand.

Paul Saam

Gurnee