President George W. Bush’s new framework to improve Medicare is a step in the right direction for America’s seniors. During the 2000 presidential campaign, then-Gov. Bush spent a lot of time talking about the need to reform Medicare to provide 21st-century health care to America’s seniors. Now, just six months into his presidency, President Bush has delivered on his promise.

“Hi Buddha, thanks for the birthday card!” President George W. Bush shouted to Jim Martin, president of the 60 Plus Association, during yesterday’s Rose Garden Ceremony to announce a prescription-drug benefit for senior citizens.

SENIORS CALL FOR END TO EARNINGS LIMIT Statement by 60 Plus Association President Jim Martin Washington, D.C.–“The 60 Plus Association, representing more than a half million senior citizens, has long sought repeal of unfair taxes on senior citizens.

60 Plus Association President Jim Martin labeled the President’s first 100 days as launching ‘a golden era for senior citizens’ by his policies.

Seniors hail passage of Bush tax cuts. 60 Plus Association Chairman, Jim Martin, states, “Tax cuts benefit all of society but particularly senior citizens who live on fixed incomes.”

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.

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.

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.”

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.

“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.”