Comments on: AARP Wants to Give Everyone a Life Tune-up

By: Linda Johnson

Linda Johnson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:17:15 +0000

Just reviewed an insurance advertisement for UnitedHealthcare who “pays a fee to AARP and its affiliate for the use of the AARP trademark”.. I didn’t know AARP was for sale. Are the lobbyists so rich and powerful they can buy AARP, oh, “and its affiliates”, whatever that is! I am so disillusioned. Thought AARP represented American retired seniors. Didnt realize it was private business, partisan liberals. I have removed my membership and hope many others do the same. Do not represent me in your “seniors” packet. Linda J. Johnson

By: Joe B

Joe B — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:44:07 +0000

Well I actually went over to lifetuner and checked it out. So far it seems very decent. When you do the tuner checkup and enter that you carry any credit card debt month to month your slider turns red and they tell you that they recommend that you pay your credit cards off each month. They also have fairly reasonable limits for housing expenses and such. Overall I give it a B+. The “How do I compare” function is a little iffy. Some of my stats age, income range, had no average listed and for one thing the average income was around $14million, which seems sketchy. As more users enter information the averages should improve. So far so good.

Thanks for the tip Mr. TML

By: Keith Morris

Keith Morris — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:54:39 +0000

I’m the community manager over at LifeTuner. Thanks for this pleasant review. If you have any ideas that would make LifeTuner even better, we would love to hear them. Feel free to email me directly: keith@lifetuner.org.

@MasterPo: I know that politics are hot on everyone’s minds these days. I can’t speak for AARP, but I can tell you that we’re not thinking a whole lot about politics as we try and figure out ways to motivate people toward greater financial health. Of course, if there are programs coming out of congress that might benefit folks financially, we’ll do our best to take a look at those together as a community and help people make informed decisions as to whether or not they should take advantage of them. Your input is valuable and welcome!

By: kitty

kitty — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:32:54 +0000

“Research has shown that millions of young adults don’t have the money they need for the life they want”.

Does anybody? Is there even a such thing as enough money? It seems to me that the more you have, the more you want.

By: MasterPo

MasterPo — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:43:29 +0000

I like the comment about quote “Research has shown that millions of young adults don’t have the money they need for the life they want”.

Well duh!

They are *young people*! They have their whole lives ahead to *earn* the money they need to live as they want! That is, to *try* to earn it and *try* to live as they want because there is NO promise of guarantee of anything in life.

The whole thing wreeks to me of purpetuating the same old liberal/socialist myth that if at 20 or 30-something you aren’t living in your own 3,000 sq/ft home with a new car, boat, swimming pool and hot tub, summer rental, season ball game tickets, 5 weeks vacation etc etc etc then you are being screwed over by “the rich” and corporations.

Then again, seeing how many memebers the AARP has lost over the healthcare issue they need to refill their ranks some how!