Vice President Gore Gets “Religion” on Social Security Trust Fund

Vice President Gore Gets “Religion” on Social Security Trust Fund

60 Plus Association Chairman, Jim Martin, stated that “Vice President Al Gore has suddenly gotten religion when it comes to the Social Security Trust Fund.” Mr. Gore’s pledge to ‘shore up and protect the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds’ with a lock box clearly rings hollow.

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.

Personalizing Social Security

At a fourth forum on Saving Social Security sponsored by the 60 Plus Association, Association President Jim Martin declared partial privatization of the retirement system “the wave of the future”, as Social Security turned 65 years old.

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.”

Poll On Social Security Reveals: Widespread Support For ‘Personalized’ Accounts

The 60 Plus Association commissioned Kellyanne Fitzpatrick and the polling company to conduct a nationwide telephone survey of 800 registered voters on the subject of Social Security and personal retirement accounts.

Dying Should Not Be A Taxable Event

Eliminating The Federal Estate And Inheritance Taxes Testimony Of James L. Martin, President, 60 Plus Association, Delivered To The Senate Finance Committee, Senate Of Pennsylvania, Monaca, Pennsylvania.