Retirement Security

• Commit to Fight, Now!

  January 09, 2017: We are facing threats that are bigger and more urgent than any in our lifetimes! Congressmen Sam Johnson and Paul Ryan agree on attacking Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid  I'm asking every Texan who wants to save and expand the right to r...Read more >

• Dallas Chapter Will Support MLK, Oppose Sam Johnson

  January 04, 2017: The Dallas Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans met at 12:30PM on January 5 in the "Lucky Room" at the Crown Buffet Chinese restaurant. [caption id="attachment_2060" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Judy Bryant speaks while Barbara ...Read more >

• Retirees Must Sound Off!

  December 26, 2016: Texas seniors need to sing our songs and tell our stories everywhere! We expect the worst if we remain quiet! We are contacting key congresspersons, like Lloyd Doggett in the photo above, during the holiday season.  We're writing letters, mak...Read more >

• Texas Retirees Fight On

  November 23, 2016: Texas retirees will continue to fight to preserve and expand the right to retire in spite of news that even stronger efforts will be made to destroy it. Ed Sills, Communications Director for the Texas AFL-CIO, wrote on Novermber 23, "President-ele...Read more >

• Retirees Are Changing Texas Elections!

  October 31, 2016: New records are being set in Texas  vote-by-mail totals as we get ready for Wednesday's meetings of two of our biggest chapters -- Dallas and Houston. [caption id="attachment_1982" align="aligncenter" width="523"] From voter registration to the v...Read more >

• Dallas Plans Attack on the Right to Retire

  October 06, 2016: Seniors in Dallas are already receiving their vote-by-mail ballots. The wording for Proposition One is completely unreadable and totally misleading. Fortunately, the Dallas newspaper has provided some insights into what Proposition One would actually...Read more >

• Giant Week for Texas Seniors

  October 03, 2016: Everything is happening this week, and it's all important! [caption id="attachment_1880" align="aligncenter" width="682"] Judy Bryant, champion phone banker[/caption] We're meeting, planning, phone banking, door knocking, fund raising, and ever...Read more >

• Retirees List Favorite Candidates

  September 20, 2016:   Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Endorsements for November 8, 2016 Election Our national Alliance for Retired Americans has endorsed the following candidates for office: President:  Hillary Clinton Candidates for Re-election to Congre...Read more >

• Austin and Corpus Christi Celebrate Social Security

  August 22, 2016: Texas retirees are committed to expanding and strengthening Social Security and all programs that deliver "golden years" for ourselves, our kids, and our grandkids. Our 8th and 9th events for this month are happening on August 25. [caption id="att...Read more >

• We Are Texas Seniors: “Hear Us Roar!”

  August 03, 2016: The Houston Chapter of Texas Alliance for Retired Americans was formed at their July 30 celebration of Medicare/Medicaid. Congresspersons Gene Green and Sheila Jackson Lee helped kick off the Houston Chapter. They had a big photo of President ...Read more >