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Mother’s Milk Of Politics“In 1962, I covered Congress as a reporter for a news bureau that included the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, the Columbia (S.C.) State, the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, WFLA-(Tampa) TV, 50,000-watt radio stations WDBO (Orlando) and WGBS (Miami) to name a few of the more than two dozen media outlets. From that perspective, I witnessed one of the most lopsided presidential victories ever. Democrat Lyndon Johnson beat Republican Barry Goldwater, 486 electoral votes to 52 with a popular vote of 43 million to 27 million. December 8, 2008 | Read more… Strong-Arming Seniors Will Be The Death Of MedicareOnly in Washington could a supposedly self-funded government program that’s operating in the red and facing insolvency walk away from an opportunity to save billions of dollars.Yet that’s exactly what Medicare, the health care program for seniors, is doing: shamefully ignoring an opportunity to save billions by forcing retirees who want to pay for their own medical coverage to accept Medicare. December 1, 2008 | Read more… Seniors’ Group Criticizes Hagan/DSCC Age Distortion Attack On Senator DoleThe head of a senior citizens’ organization called an attack ad aimed at Senator Elizabeth Dole “rude and frankly insulting to real senior citizens.” August 18, 2008 | Read more… Seniors Support Pickens PlanThe 60 Plus Association today endorsed the “Pickens Plan,” an energy campaign launched earlier this week by Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, to offset foreign oil imports with domestic energy sources. July 14, 2008 | Read more… Seniors Hurt By Taxing Energy ProducersThe 60 Plus Association today warned that the Consumers-First Energy Act of 2008 “contains anti-market provisions and places domestic energy companies at a competitive disadvantage by hindering innovative energy solutions resulting in unbearable increases in fuel costs.” June 10, 2008 | Read more… Why Is Domestic Energy Exploration Off Limits?Comments By 60 Plus President Jim Martin, “Energy Day”. “Good morning, I’m Jim Martin, President of the 60 Plus Association. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I would like to have the following enigma, wrapped inside a mystery, explained: Why are U.S. energy producers not allowed to explore for oil and gas off the coast of Florida, my home state, while China and Cuba do so?” May 22, 2008 | Read more… Why Is Domestic Energy Exploration Off Limits?An Enigma Wrapped Inside A Mystery: Comments by 60 Plus Association President Jim Martin at Consumer Energy Alliance “Energy Day,” May 22, 2008 | Read more… |
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