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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 …

Key to Saving Medicare Lies with Young and Old Alike

By James L. Martin and Amy Noone Frederick Health Reform Report February 17, 2011 Nancy Pelosi may not have known what was in Obamacare until it passed, but one thing everyone did …

60 Plus Association supports the Jordan Amendment to the Continuing Resolution

February 16, 2011 The Honorable Jim Jordan 1524 Longworth HOB Washington, DC  20515 Dear Representative Jordan: On behalf of more than seven million senior citizen activists the 60 Plus Association supports the …

Boone Honored By CPAC Lifetime Achievement Award

Washington, D.C.–Legendary entertainer Pat Boone, the original American Idol, will receive a lifetime achievement award at this week’s 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Sponsored by the American Conservative Union, the CPAC lifetime …