Issues

Statement Of Jim Martin, President, 60 Plus Association On Importation Of Prescription Drugs

The 60 Plus Association is very concerned with recent amendments to the FY2001 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would allow pharmacies and wholesalers to purchase prescription drugs outside the United States and then import them into this country for sale.

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Personalizing Social Security

At a fourth forum on Saving Social Security sponsored by the 60 Plus Association, Association President Jim Martin declared partial privatization of the retirement system “the wave of the future”, as Social Security turned 65 years old.

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Poll On Social Security Reveals: Widespread Support For ‘Personalized’ Accounts

The 60 Plus Association commissioned Kellyanne Fitzpatrick and the polling company to conduct a nationwide telephone survey of 800 registered voters on the subject of Social Security and personal retirement accounts.

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Personalizing Social Security: Unplugging The Third Rail

Delivered at a seminar sponsored by the 60 Plus Association on the 62nd anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act, Washington, D.C., August 14, 1997

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60 Plus Vice President Hank Hough Testifies Before The House Subcommittee On Social Security To Eliminate The Earnings Limits

When I came to Washington as a newspaper reporter in 1962, John F. Kennedy was in the White House, Neal Armstrong had not yet walked on the moon, Strom Thurmond was a Democrat and the problems with Social Security were perceived by few, other than Barry Goldwater.

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First Seniors Group Goes On Record For The Privatization Of The Social Security System

First Senior Group Goes on Record for Privatizing Social Security System.

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Death Tax Upsets Winfrey

Candid “Oprah” Moment Displays Winfrey’s Regrets Over “Death Tax”…Aka…Estate Tax. “The following is a direct lift from the transcript of the nationally syndicated “Oprah” program for August 4, 1997. It speaks for itself.”

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