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Issues The 60 Plus Association gets involved in a number of issues of concern or that affect America’s seniors. Among those issues:
Read more about our efforts below, or click each of the categories above for more info on our work on each of those specific issues. AARP Remains Major Obstacle to Fixing Medicare60 Plus Jim Martin: “Grandma WILL go over the cliff, with an AARP sticker on her wheelchair.”(Alexandria, Virginia) – Congressional physicians are reaching out to the AARP for assistance in solving the looming insolvency of Medicare, and receiving the cold shoulder in return. This prompted a response from 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization, with over 7.1 million supporters. February 3, 2012 | Read more… Obama Debt Speeding Demise of Social SecurityJim Martin: “Social Security will go down as one of President’s biggest failures of leadership.”(Alexandria, Virginia) – New data on the Social Security trust fund released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) actuaries projects a loss of $1 trillion from the trust fund just over the past year. The latest numbers demonstrate that the program, already in serious financial straits, has taken a major blow due to the economic and fiscal policies of President Obama, who has led the nation into a stretch of record-setting deficits and unemployment, two factors that heavily affect the health and outlook for the Social Security trust fund. February 2, 2012 | Read more… Obama Continues AARP Cover-UpIgnores pre-existing coverage exemption for liberal seniors group(Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization, responded today to President Obama’s claim this morning at a national prayer breakfast that his health care law covered pre-existing conditions because he wanted to ensure it reflected Christian principles: February 2, 2012 | Read more… Florida Economy Highlights Failed Obama, Democrat PoliciesJim Martin: “Sunshine state can’t shake the dark clouds of Obama’s big government agenda.”(Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization with over 7.1 million supporters, released the following statement on the state of the Florida economy on the eve of tomorrow’s GOP presidential primary contest: January 30, 2012 | Read more… ObamaCare Contributing to Increased Blindness Among Democrat Politicians60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin: “Democrats have gone blind, we should help them retire so they can return home and get the care they so desperately need.”January 25, 2012 | Read more… Obama SOTU Underlines Economic Plan for an America Built to Come in Last60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin: “A President who had to learn on the job still hasn’t learned a thing.”
(Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization touting over 7.1 million supporters, responded to this evening’s State of the Union Address: January 25, 2012 | Read more… Memo to Van Hollen: Senate Doesn’t Need House to Pass a BudgetJim Martin: “Van Hollen’s lame excuse on no Senate budget in 1000 days got stuck in the fertilizer filter”(Alexandria, Virginia) – Appearing on this morning’s CNBC show “Squawk Box,” Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and his colleague Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) offered excuses for their colleagues on the Senate side for failing to pass a budget in 1000 days, saying it was the GOP’s fault in the House for not sending Senate Democrats a bill they could agree on because they loaded the House budget with “poison pills.” January 24, 2012 | Read more… |
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