Back To The Future For Martin And Bush
President of the 60 Plus Association, the excited political speakers, high school band and overflow crowd at the airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Sunday before the November 7 election, stirred vivid memories of 32 years before. At similar rallies throughout the Sunshine State, Martin had watched his boss and mentor, conservative Rep. (1962-68) Ed Gurney, campaign to become Florida’s first Republican U.S. Senator since Reconstruction.
Seniors Group Endorses Bush Prescription Drug Plan
The 60 Plus Association strongly endorsed Governor George W. Bush’s plan unveiled today to provide seniors with prescription drug and other improved benefits and criticized Gore for his seven year silence.
Statement Of Jim Martin, President, 60 Plus Association On Importation Of Prescription Drugs
The 60 Plus Association is very concerned with recent amendments to the FY2001 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would allow pharmacies and wholesalers to purchase prescription drugs outside the United States and then import them into this country for sale.
Republican-Led 106th Congress Wins Designation As Most “Senior Friendly” Congress In 40 Years
The 60 Plus Association will announce at the Republican Party’s 2000 Convention in Philadelphia that it has designated the 106th Congress as the most “senior friendly” in 40 years.
Seniors And Global Warming
The Kyoto Treaty By James L. Martin “Good afternoon. I am president of a national, non-partisan senior citizens’ advocacy group, the 60 Plus Association. Our role is to look at public policy from the perspective of how it would assist seniors to better enjoy their golden years, and be free of the burden of government and higher taxes. Thus, we approach senior issues in expanding freedom for seniors, with less government and less taxes.”
Seniors Celebrate Retirement Of Earnings Test
Today is a “Super Friendly Day” for Seniors. Hailing the vote to repeal the 33% depression-era tax imposed on seniors as a “super friendly day for seniors,” 60 Plus Association President Jim Martin said, “This is as super friendly as it gets.”
Retirement Will Be A “Super Friendly Day” For Seniors
Hailing the expected Senate vote to repeal the 33% depression-era tax as a “super friendly day for seniors,” 60 Plus Association President Jim Martin praised Senator John Ashcroft (R-MO) for authoring S. 2074, The Social Security Earnings Test Elimination Act.
Democrats Still Riding ‘Twin Horses Of Hypocrisy’
“As head of a non-partisan, national senior citizens’ organization, I reacted with cautious optimism when I heard President Clinton propose prescription drug coverage for all seniors,” says Jim Martin, President of the 60 Plus Association. “That caution was tempered and shaped by nearly four decades in this political town.”
