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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 …

Pat and Shirley Boone Celebrate 60 Years Together!

(Hollywood, California) — Legendary singer and actor Pat Boone has had a long career of setting records on the music charts, at the box office, and in TV stardom, but today Boone …

Comments of Jim Martin: Southern Christian Leadership Conference Legacy and Leadership Gala

CAPITAL HILTON, WASHINGTON, D.C. 8 PM, AUGUST 26, 2013 Thank you for having me here… My name is Jim Martin, Chairman and Founder of the 60 Plus Association based in Alexandria, Virginia …

Support Repeal of the Death Tax!

Senator John Thune (R-SD) has introduced the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2013. This bill will remove the burden of the Death Tax (technically known as the estate tax) from countless …

Taxpayer dollars wasted on mail order drugs

By Jim Martin and David Williams The Hill June 24, 2013 Health care costs are on the rise and this increase will affect employers, employees and taxpayers through Medicare Part D, the …

Zombies And Tombstones Foretell Estate Tax Repeal In 2017

Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Staff June 6, 2013 The big January tax law made the federal estate tax permanent, but the man who dubbed it the “death tax” is back battling to get …