RetireSafe believes that the opportunity to retire safely rests primarily on three distinct cornerstones of a pyramid of security:

1. Health security

2. Financial security

3. National and personal security

At the top of the pyramid, at the focal point and overseeing all three forms of security, is personal freedom.

In the 20th century, retirement evolved from an elusive concept to a common goal, aspired to and achieved by ordinary Americans across the widest social-economic spectra. By the dawning of the 21st century, retirement no longer described a time of life but a transition point, made possible by the intersection of increased longevity, advances in health care, and a thriving economy in need of workers. Though poverty among the elderly was and is a critical problem, from the 1980s forward there has been an increasing contingent of affluent seniors with disposable income and discretionary time to spend on work, leisure, and giving back to the community and the world.

For those who succeed, RetireSafe works to protect their security, ensure their personal freedom and the way of life they have worked so hard to achieve. For those less fortunate or in difficult circumstances, RetireSafe works to enhance their benefits, provide better economic choices and options for added security, while maintaining their dignity and personal freedom as well. For all seniors, RetireSafe serves as a bulwark against encroachment by government and any number of threats that seek to prey upon vulnerable seniors and deprive them of the personal freedom and retirement security which they have earned and which is rightfully theirs.

Within this pyramid of security RetireSafe has focused upon:

Health Security

• Protection of the doctor/patient relationship.

• Protection of patient choice, and the right to quality care.

• Protection of the research and development process needed to produce cures.

• Access to safe, effective, and affordable medicines, devices, and treatments.

• Protection and enhancement of Medicare coverage, with the widest and best array of options.

• Access to affordable long term care coverage for all seniors.

• Support for caregivers and support of at-home services for the elderly.

• Protection of patient privacy.

Financial Security

• Protection of the Social Security Trust Fund.

• Equitable treatment of seniors in COLA and other related calculations.

• Opposition to taxes on Social Security benefits.

• Development and enforcement of appropriate laws and codes of conduct for the financial services industry and its professionals.

• Aggressive enforcement of financial crimes against the vulnerable elderly, including identity theft.

• Opposition to means-testing in Medicare Part B, Medicare Part D, and in Social Security.

• Oppose the following specific taxes:

• Social Security Earnings Test.

• Taxes on capital gains, dividend, and interest income.

• National sales or value-added taxes.

• Rules that make tax-free municipal bond income taxable for seniors.

• Rules that would threaten the tax-free or tax-deferred savings vehicles now in place.

• Excessive gas taxes that limit senior travel.

• Excessive energy taxes which disproportionately impact seniors.

• Tariffs and trade policy that raises prices on food, clothes, and energy.

• Sales taxes on Internet purchases.

• Support of the availability of good reverse mortgages with adequate regulation and supervision.

• Limit property taxes and support senior exemptions.

National and Personal Security

• Support for America's armed forces and veterans.

• Opposition to laws and policies which make our country vulnerable to terrorism.

• Support of a strong national defense.

• Enforcement of standards and laws related to immigration.

• Opposition to any legislation that would detract from seniors’ right to self-defense.

• Support for America’s law enforcement community and laws that keep seniors safe.

• Protection of consumer rights and consumer choice.

• Opposition to government encroachment on personal choices involving health care.

• Opposition to government taxation on the personal choice of working after qualifying for Social Security.

• Opposition to monopolies that limit the options of older Americans.

• Protection of everyone’s right to privacy.