Across Texas, retirees are celebrating today for it is the anniversary of the best government program ever invented: Social Security. Our chapters in every metropolitan area are holding parties and other events. Everybody can join the Austin Social Security Party 1 PM tomorrow, T... Read more
Texas retirees celebrated the anniversaries of Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security, July 30 and August 14 respectively. The Austin Chapter made arrangements to bring a table to different organizations and events. Most chapters combined the two anniversaries, but Dallas held 3 s... Read more
Dallas TARA Chapter is holding a fund raising luncheon at 12:15PM on August 7th at the Charco Broil, 413 W Jefferson Blvd. We'll be honoring Judy Bryant, our organizer who just got out of hospital, and Social Security's birthday. Congressman Marc Veasey will be there to help. ... Read more
Mary Ann Climer has agreed to serve as Treasurer for the Texas Alliance. She has spent years developing her skills in accounting and other aspects of running an organization. Climer is a member of the Dallas Chapter and a longtime friend of organizer Judy Bryant. Send your don... Read more
The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans is strong, but mostly in the cities. We're willing to help build retiree meetings anywhere in the state. All we need is an organizer with a place to meet, and we're on it! We're also sponsoring statewide meetings on-line in our search f... Read more
Illness in our beloved Treasurer, Elaine Jones, has caused the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans to change our address to: Post Office Box 225091 Dallas Texas 75222-5091 Keep those checks coming. On-line payments have not changed and are still handled at https://act... Read more
Complete lists of union-endorsed Texas candidates are available on-line. Central Labor Councils are completing their local endorsements before in-person early voting begins February 20. Those who signed up early for vote-by-mail already have their ballots, but we have plenty of t... Read more
The Washington Post ran an editorial, “Why we’re borrowing to fund the elderly while neglecting everyone else.” The writer presumes to know something about Social Security, federal budgets, and simple economics. She fails on all counts. She claims that government is borr... Read more
TARA is one of the most important organizations in Texas. Our organized retiree activists strengthen other organizations and the entire progressive political effort. As we are chartered under section 501c4 of the tax code, we can and do endorse and boost candidates and politica... Read more