Specifically, opposition to Social Security privatization has been an important part of the AARP's advocacy. The AARP’s resistance to privatizing Social Security was an urgent matter in the early 2000s, when President George W. Bush proposed a policy allowing workers to channel part of their payroll taxes into personal investment accounts.

Today, AARP Senior Vice President of Campaigns John Hishta issued the following statement on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments on a “backdoor to privatizing”