AARP elbows.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)

BARBARA T. DREYFUSS' article regarding AARP ["The Seduction," June] was a perfect example of the "special interest" problems outlined in Theda Skocpol's piece on "The Narrowing of Civic Life" [June]. Advocacy groups get in the door at the highest level in Washington by purporting to represent a large group of voters when, in fact, these groups are most often representing ideological positions that directly conflict with the well-being of their so-called constituencies.

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