Social Security Decision Riles Conservative DMers

Some conservative direct marketers are crying foul over an appeals-court decision that bulk mailings by non-profit United Seniors Association Inc. probably misled senior citizens into thinking they were receiving official correspondence from the Social Security Administration.

The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia on Aug. 25 upheld a decision by a Social Security administrative law judge that envelopes mailed by the United Seniors Association used phrases such as