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Music Legend Pat Boone Sings Praises of Jane Corwin

Alexandria, VA – Legendary entertainer Pat Boone, national spokesman for a non-partisan senior citizen group, announced today that Jane Corwin has won the 60 Plus Association’s Honorary Guardian of Seniors’ Rights award. Corwin …

Benefits of telecom reform

By Amy Frederick Printed in the Orlando Sentinel April 27, 2011 A My Word column by AARP’s Jeff Johnson (“Phone rate free-for-all,” April 13) discussed the hardships Florida seniors are facing as …

Wrong Answer, Mr. President. Obama Gets Flunking Grade on Budget

60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin says Obama tax hike proposal ‘a disaster.’ (Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Association Chairman Jim Martin released the following statement in response to today’s speech by President …

April 2011 Update

60 Plus Monthly Update April showers bring May flowers. With all the activity (and potential activity) in Washington, who knows what sort of showers we can expect, and thus, what sort of …

Ryan Budget Saves Entitlements

60 Plus Association Chairman Jim Martin’s statement (Alexandria, Virginia) – “A breath of reality—not rhetoric—is how I describe Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget blueprint to slash $6.2 trillion in deficit spending over the …

Free-Market Groups Support Halting Dodd-Frank Price Controls

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last Friday, 33 national and state-level think tanks, advocacy groups, and center-right activists sent a letter to Congress strongly supporting efforts to roll back price controls on debit card …

60 Plus Announces Support for Telecommunications Modernization Legislation in New Jersey

60 Plus Joins Other National Seniors Organizations to Support Greater Competition, Innovation WASHINGTON – The 60 Plus Association, a national seniors advocacy organization, joined with two other national seniors advocacy organizations in …

60 Plus Association Advocates on Behalf of Florida’s ‘Digital’ Seniors

(Tallahassee, FL) – The 60 Plus Association is proud to announce its participation in today’s  ‘2011 Ambassadors for Aging Day’ at the Florida Capitol Courtyard in Tallahassee. Hosted by the Florida Department …

Support Jobs and Competition in New Jersey

A competitive communications market is important to New Jersey’s seniors and to New Jersey’s future. Competition and consumer choice mean jobs.  Jobs now, and jobs in the future for our children and …

Unhappy Anniversary to You: Defund the Stimulus NOW

Jim Martin of 60 Plus asks, “Are you better off than you were two years ago?” (Alexandria, Virginia) — On the two-year anniversary of President Obama’s failed stimulus plan, grassroots activists and …