Old, but far from feeble. (lobbying by American Association of Retired Persons) From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 12, 1988 | COPYRIGHT 1988 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has 28m members, twice as many as the AFL-CIO, the national trade-union federation. The AARP has annual revenues of almost $200m, a staff of more than 1,200, an army of volunteers and speaks for the fastest-growing bit of the population: the elderly. Many Americans have not heard of it, but it is an increasingly efective political lobby that has already played a part in this year's election campaign. It was at work in Iowa and New ...

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