Mother’s Milk Of Politics
“In 1962, I covered Congress as a reporter for a news bureau that included the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, the Columbia (S.C.) State, the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, WFLA-(Tampa) TV, 50,000-watt radio stations WDBO (Orlando) and WGBS (Miami) to name a few of the more than two dozen media outlets.
From that perspective, I witnessed one of the most lopsided presidential victories ever. Democrat Lyndon Johnson beat Republican Barry Goldwater, 486 electoral votes to 52 with a popular vote of 43 million to 27 million.
Strong-Arming Seniors Will Be The Death Of Medicare
Only in Washington could a supposedly self-funded government program that’s operating in the red and facing insolvency walk away from an opportunity to save billions of dollars.Yet that’s exactly what Medicare, the health care program for seniors, is doing: shamefully ignoring an opportunity to save billions by forcing retirees who want to pay for their own medical coverage to accept Medicare.
Seniors’ Group Criticizes Hagan/DSCC Age Distortion Attack On Senator Dole
The head of a senior citizens’ organization called an attack ad aimed at Senator Elizabeth Dole “rude and frankly insulting to real senior citizens.”
Seniors Support Pickens Plan
The 60 Plus Association today endorsed the “Pickens Plan,” an energy campaign launched earlier this week by Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, to offset foreign oil imports with domestic energy sources.
Seniors Hurt By Taxing Energy Producers
The 60 Plus Association today warned that the Consumers-First Energy Act of 2008 “contains anti-market provisions and places domestic energy companies at a competitive disadvantage by hindering innovative energy solutions resulting in unbearable increases in fuel costs.”
Why Is Domestic Energy Exploration Off Limits?
Comments By 60 Plus President Jim Martin, “Energy Day”. “Good morning, I’m Jim Martin, President of the 60 Plus Association. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I would like to have the following enigma, wrapped inside a mystery, explained: Why are U.S. energy producers not allowed to explore for oil and gas off the coast of Florida, my home state, while China and Cuba do so?”
Why Is Domestic Energy Exploration Off Limits?
An Enigma Wrapped Inside A Mystery: Comments by 60 Plus Association President Jim Martin at Consumer Energy Alliance “Energy Day,”
Seniors’ Group Head Criticizes PA Congressman
The head of a senior citizens’ organization called on Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) to apologize to older Americans for his thoughtless remarks yesterday that John McCain is ‘too old to be President.’
Congress Getting Stupider And Stupider?
The 60 Plus Association has highlighted death tax repeal for 15 years. Former Rep. Chris Cox (R-CA) and Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) have highlighted death tax repeal for 15 years as well and President George W. Bush has highlighted death tax repeal for at least 8 years.
Seniors’ Chief Chastises Congressional Inaction
Trustees Report Over Crisis With Social Security And Medicare Statement by Jim Martin: “They’re embezzlers and should be locked up. Congress continues to con seniors by stealing money from their Social Security Trust Fund and spending it on non-senior’s programs. If this occurred in private industry, its perpetrators would go to prison.”
