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Boone & Martin Respond to Washington Post on Death Tax

The following is a response from 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin and 60 Plus National Spokesperson Pat Boone to Robert Samuelson’s op-ed in the April 27, Washington Post in support of the …

60 Plus Monthly Update

While it may be a little late to wish you a Happy New Year, we here at 60 Plus nonetheless hope you and your family are off to a great 2015. With …

Wind Energy Subsidies Help the Rich, Hurt the Poor

Opinion by 60 Plus President Amy Frederick, Published in the Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio), November 29, 2014 Though President Obama’s name appears nowhere on the ballot for this Fall’s momentous midterm elections, he …

Energy Bills Challenge America’s Fixed-Income Seniors

Energy, like food and housing, is an indispensable necessity of life. Air conditioning, lighting, and heating are critical for the survival of elderly and infirm citizens. High electricity and other energy prices …

60 Plus Monthly Email Update: May 2014

The days are getting longer and politicians are starting to talk a lot faster as we head into the Summer months before the big November election.  So much is at stake this …

March Monthly Update

Beware the Ides of March, so the saying goes. Julius Caesar ignored this bit of advice to his detriment, but you don’t have to be a Roman emperor to find some meaning …

Floridians’ New Year’s Resolution: Save Our Trauma Centers

(Alexandria, Virginia) — 60 Plus Association Chairman James L. Martin issued the following statement today as the organization launched a quarter million dollar ad campaign as a direct response to the Christmas …

60 Plus Quarterly Update

The Autumn season is upon us, a time when Mother Nature offers up colorful visual spectacles and cooler temperatures before her Winter slumber. The Autumn season in Washington is itself offering up …

50 Years Later, 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin Reflects on JFK’s assassination

As a 27 year old political reporter at the time, Jim shares his remembrance of that tragic day in history. “America knew our nation had changed that day, yet nobody was exactly …

JFK 50 Years Later: Reflections from 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin

The eyes of Washington’s power brokers, once so confident and assured now seemed lost, aware that the world they knew would never return. The feeling inside the Capitol Rotunda could only be …