THE DOCTOR IS IN
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LAS VEGAS- Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Dumb Kids? You Bet! Folks, nearly one-fourth of the students who attempt to join the military., (i.e.) U.S. Army, to name one branch of military service, fail the entrance exam. That's sad.
The study worries all military leaders and many in the administration as well as our leaders in the education field. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said: "I'm deeply troubled by the national security burden created by America's under performing education system."
Look at these staggering stats: Between 2004 and 2009, nearly 23 percent of 17 to 20- year old's failed to get the "minimum" score needed to join the military. These aptitude tests are very, very easy people, and yet the students can't comprehend them. If you can't get the people you need to serve in the military, there is a great potential for a decline in the military readiness.
Questions on these aptitude test are very basic, such as:
"If 2 plus X equals 4, what is the value of X?"
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 1/2
Or,- -
" Dana receives $30 for her birthday and $15 dollars for cleaning the garage. If she spends $16. on a CD, how much money does she have left?"
(A) $29. (B) $27. (C) $24. (D)$12.
Answers: 1)B 2) A
Source:http://www.military.com
In addition Pentagon data shows that a whopping 75% of those 17 to 24-years old don't even qualify to take the test because they are physically unfit, have a criminal record or didn't graduate high school.
It's really unbelievable that we allow these uneducated students to walk across the stage and receive a diploma and graduate.Students with such a low education and who are low performing students don't deserve a diploma because they haven't earned it. So, why does the teachers, the school and education administrators pass the student forward and allow them to graduate?
When these students apply for the military and take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery exam they only have to score at least a (31) out of (99) on the first stage of the three hour test to get into the U.S. Army, and people, they are failing. Can you believe it?
I would suggest that one reason for the low performing student is that the teachers and educators "kick the can" down the road. They take the position: "the students low performing scores doesn't really matter because they will straighten out when they join the military."
Whether the trooper is a soldier, sailor or marine who is dragging a backpack around from hill to hill or sitting in a high tech science or research center that person should be well-educated and that's clearly not happening.
I have always said we have been dumbing down our kids from decade to decade. One of the biggest reasons for the dumb down is because of the quality of teachers that have been graduating and put into the education system. It's apparent that when you have a teacher that is less educated that those that went before them they are going to teach our children at a sub-standard level because that is all they know and that problem has been occurring and becomes worse with every decade.
There are numerous reasons for the bad education of our children. I mention only one or two in this writing but they are legion. Another I could reference is that instead of the educators sticking to the basics like the three (R's),(reading, writing and arithmetic), they go off on a rampage offering frivolous subject matter that is clearly irrelevant to a good education. That has been happening over the years more and more. The problem perpetuates itself. It's like the blind leading the blind. What result do you get? A poorly educated teacher turns out a poorly educated student who then becomes another poorly educated teacher.
All said and done who's to blame for the uneducated students who can't pass a simple aptitude test? Your choice is as good as mine.- And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Public Employee Pensions Are Bankrupting the Country
THE DOCTOR IS IN
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LAS VEGAS - Hello America,and how is the world treating you?
Public Employee Retirement Systems are bankrupting cities and state across this nation but lawmakers continue to refuse to correct the problem. For years now Governors and legislators have said that the problem should be addressed but they fail to cut the mushrooming cost of state and local public employee pensions.
Most of these lawmakers say cuts should be made but they continue to pander to the powerful Public Employee Unions and kick the can down the road. Why? One good reason is because judges, lawmakers, local boards, councils and commissions and Governors and Attorney Generals are generally covered by the same pension plan. Folks,my view is that there is a very big CONFLICT OF INTEREST here when it come to lawmakers revising a pension plan that pertains to themselves.
All of the people working in the private sector have to make their voices heard "loud and clear." The people holding jobs in the private sector have to depend on a 401(k) for their retirement and/or pension plan. These Public Employees should be held to the same standard and the same retirement benefits as Main Street Joe Doe instead of allowing them to retire on as much as 75% of their highest pay.
Let's look at this example: According to the Segal company, a consulting company out of Chicago doing a study on the difference between Public and Private Sector pay said:- - that when a person retires on Social Security out of the private sector at 66 or 67 years that person can expect a benefit of 25 percent to 40 percent of their highest salary. If the person made $30,000 a year they would in all likelihood receive 40 percent as benefits. If the salary was $90,000 a year that person could expect to receive only 25 percent of their highest salary in benefits.
However, Public Employees receive up to 75 percent of their highest salary, (i.e.), if the person made $100,000.00 a year and retired after 30 years their pension would be a whopping $75,000 a year. That's just plain WRONG!
The lawmakers in every city, county and state have to say enough is enough and either renegotiate these obscene benefit packages with the Public Employee unions or FIRE them and start over with new employees and a new reasonable and fair salary scale "without" all of the bonuses, free health care for the employee and their family members,without guaranteed "cost of living" (COLA's) which ranges from 4 to 14 percent in some cities, counties and states and over generous step increases. Don't just negotiate the cut for a few years,private sector workers doesn't receive these benefits. Stop those excessive benefits for GOOD.
Let these Public Employees work for a salary like everyone else. Offer the fair salary on hire and ONLY a (401(k))retirement plan. That would allow the public employee to know exactly what the pay is and what it will be, period! That is how it is done in the private sector so why not in the public sector.
I predict that if some of these lawmakers across the country did fire the Public Employees and began from square one there would be a line out the door with people wanting the job. There is no shortage of applicants. Anytime a city, county or state government hires, fireman, policeman, etc., there are thousands of applicants for only a few positions. My question? What is the lawmakers waiting on? Have these unions cut back on the lucrative wages, benefits and pensions or FIRE them.
The states are spending money like a drunken sailor and money that they do not have just to keep this idiotic perpetual money stream going to all of these Public Employees. The sad part is that the Public Employees salaries, bonuses, COLA's free health care for the employee and his/her family is being subsidized by the private sector worker who does not have these same benefits and who has to pay for their own health care. - And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
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LAS VEGAS - Hello America,and how is the world treating you?
Public Employee Retirement Systems are bankrupting cities and state across this nation but lawmakers continue to refuse to correct the problem. For years now Governors and legislators have said that the problem should be addressed but they fail to cut the mushrooming cost of state and local public employee pensions.
Most of these lawmakers say cuts should be made but they continue to pander to the powerful Public Employee Unions and kick the can down the road. Why? One good reason is because judges, lawmakers, local boards, councils and commissions and Governors and Attorney Generals are generally covered by the same pension plan. Folks,my view is that there is a very big CONFLICT OF INTEREST here when it come to lawmakers revising a pension plan that pertains to themselves.
All of the people working in the private sector have to make their voices heard "loud and clear." The people holding jobs in the private sector have to depend on a 401(k) for their retirement and/or pension plan. These Public Employees should be held to the same standard and the same retirement benefits as Main Street Joe Doe instead of allowing them to retire on as much as 75% of their highest pay.
Let's look at this example: According to the Segal company, a consulting company out of Chicago doing a study on the difference between Public and Private Sector pay said:- - that when a person retires on Social Security out of the private sector at 66 or 67 years that person can expect a benefit of 25 percent to 40 percent of their highest salary. If the person made $30,000 a year they would in all likelihood receive 40 percent as benefits. If the salary was $90,000 a year that person could expect to receive only 25 percent of their highest salary in benefits.
However, Public Employees receive up to 75 percent of their highest salary, (i.e.), if the person made $100,000.00 a year and retired after 30 years their pension would be a whopping $75,000 a year. That's just plain WRONG!
The lawmakers in every city, county and state have to say enough is enough and either renegotiate these obscene benefit packages with the Public Employee unions or FIRE them and start over with new employees and a new reasonable and fair salary scale "without" all of the bonuses, free health care for the employee and their family members,without guaranteed "cost of living" (COLA's) which ranges from 4 to 14 percent in some cities, counties and states and over generous step increases. Don't just negotiate the cut for a few years,private sector workers doesn't receive these benefits. Stop those excessive benefits for GOOD.
Let these Public Employees work for a salary like everyone else. Offer the fair salary on hire and ONLY a (401(k))retirement plan. That would allow the public employee to know exactly what the pay is and what it will be, period! That is how it is done in the private sector so why not in the public sector.
I predict that if some of these lawmakers across the country did fire the Public Employees and began from square one there would be a line out the door with people wanting the job. There is no shortage of applicants. Anytime a city, county or state government hires, fireman, policeman, etc., there are thousands of applicants for only a few positions. My question? What is the lawmakers waiting on? Have these unions cut back on the lucrative wages, benefits and pensions or FIRE them.
The states are spending money like a drunken sailor and money that they do not have just to keep this idiotic perpetual money stream going to all of these Public Employees. The sad part is that the Public Employees salaries, bonuses, COLA's free health care for the employee and his/her family is being subsidized by the private sector worker who does not have these same benefits and who has to pay for their own health care. - And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Nanny Govt. Interference: Telling Us What's Good For Us
THE DOCTOR IS IN
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LAS VEGAS- Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Nanny Government strikes again. Mrs. Obama along with the Obama do-goodies are trying to tell everyone what is good for them and are saying they are going to take care of our health and welfare. Obama goes on to say - -"he's doing what is right for our children." That's a cop out. It's an excuse to pass a measure that grabs more power for governmental control. Obama family, I would suggest:" The parents know what's right for their children," not the President, the first lady or the government.
It wasn't too long ago that the actions by Mrs. Obama and her views as to what's good for a child resulted in the city of San Francisco banning toys in fast food meals. Their theory - -stop the child from seeing and receiving a toy and that will stop the child from wanting to eat a small hamburger or chicken fingers during the family outing.
President Obama signed a bill into law last Monday that he says will combat childhood obesity and the law allows him and his government to decide what foods are "greasy" and what food has "extra calories". Obama's plan is to take over control of all of the food that is served in schools and what food products are sold on school grounds, including in vending machines and at fundraisers. The law gives the government the power to decide what kind of foods will be served in every school across the land.
Interference by the government should not extend to an individuals right to choose and make informed decisions. Telling a person what they can or cannot eat and drink does just that. There should be limits on government and the government should have limited power, NOT UNLIMITED power. Power corrupts people. It should be a parental decision as to what their child eats. Where are the parents outrage.? Do the parents really want the government to raise their kids for them? Does the parents want to let the government usurp their role in raising their children?
I submit that if a parent decides that their child is eating too many, fries, burgers, sweets, sodas, etc., it is their job to advise their child to cut back and it is their job to deny the child the food that they believe is harmful to that child.
At this point in time the government is basically telling corporations like
McDonalds, Wendy's Jack-In-The Box and others, including restaurants, what foods they can and cannot sell in their stores and how that food is to be prepared. The government is also telling soft drink manufacturers that their product are a danger to children when in reality, they are not.
The irony is that these same fat cat politicians and lawmakers were brought up on the same foods and drinks they are restricting and banning. They ate the fries, the burgers,and drank the sodas and they turned out to be contributing members of society. Yet, these same hypocrites want to tell the parents of today that everything they themselves had access to and indulged in is now "bad" for the parent and their children. Are you kidding me? Political correctness run amok.
People, the danger IS excessive eating and/or drinking. When anyone, whether a child or adult eats two or three burgers, or three or four packs of fries or two or three 72 oz cartons of soda at one sitting, THAT - - is the problem. It's not the one child's meal at fast food or adult burger and the one pack of fries or one soda. The key is "moderation", nothing more. Plus, exercise at school. Whatever happened to recess and physical education in the schools. Let the kids work off the calories through those programs.
This 4.5 billion dollar measure also increases federal reimbursement for free school lunches because many schools across the country say they cannot afford to give free lunches to children. These free give-a-ways are unwarranted.
This measure on nutrition allows schools to provide not only free lunches, but after school snacks and dinner. What? It's now the job of the government to feed all the children in the country by providing "free" lunch and dinner? Once again, where's the parents? The parents can't fix a nutritious meal for their children after school? And, believe it or not, there are some in Congress now that wants to extend the free lunches, the free after school meals to the week-ends.They actually want to feed the children on the week-ends when they are not even in school. What a joke.
If these programs were only for a needy child that could prove that their parents cannot afford to fix a lunch, that's fine but once one child gets a free meal, every parent that has a child in school wants their child to receive a free meal also. It never ends. And to extend these free meals to after school dinners - why? Free lunch and dinner on the week-ends - why? Where does it end?
As it stands now we taxpayers are subsidizing parents that are working and earning a living wage and we are paying for their child to each free, lunches,after school dinners and week-ends feedings.
My view,- a free lunch for those children up through elementary school grades that can provide paperwork to show that their parents are unemployed and have no funds to provide a lunch for their child/children.That's it!
For those parents that are working it is their duty and obligation to house and feed their children.It is not the government or the taxpayers job to provide free meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner, (seven days a week) for "all" of the Junior High or High School children in this country. These freebie social "I'll look out after you" programs have to end. And, -that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
______________________________
Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
________________
LAS VEGAS- Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Nanny Government strikes again. Mrs. Obama along with the Obama do-goodies are trying to tell everyone what is good for them and are saying they are going to take care of our health and welfare. Obama goes on to say - -"he's doing what is right for our children." That's a cop out. It's an excuse to pass a measure that grabs more power for governmental control. Obama family, I would suggest:" The parents know what's right for their children," not the President, the first lady or the government.
It wasn't too long ago that the actions by Mrs. Obama and her views as to what's good for a child resulted in the city of San Francisco banning toys in fast food meals. Their theory - -stop the child from seeing and receiving a toy and that will stop the child from wanting to eat a small hamburger or chicken fingers during the family outing.
President Obama signed a bill into law last Monday that he says will combat childhood obesity and the law allows him and his government to decide what foods are "greasy" and what food has "extra calories". Obama's plan is to take over control of all of the food that is served in schools and what food products are sold on school grounds, including in vending machines and at fundraisers. The law gives the government the power to decide what kind of foods will be served in every school across the land.
Interference by the government should not extend to an individuals right to choose and make informed decisions. Telling a person what they can or cannot eat and drink does just that. There should be limits on government and the government should have limited power, NOT UNLIMITED power. Power corrupts people. It should be a parental decision as to what their child eats. Where are the parents outrage.? Do the parents really want the government to raise their kids for them? Does the parents want to let the government usurp their role in raising their children?
I submit that if a parent decides that their child is eating too many, fries, burgers, sweets, sodas, etc., it is their job to advise their child to cut back and it is their job to deny the child the food that they believe is harmful to that child.
At this point in time the government is basically telling corporations like
McDonalds, Wendy's Jack-In-The Box and others, including restaurants, what foods they can and cannot sell in their stores and how that food is to be prepared. The government is also telling soft drink manufacturers that their product are a danger to children when in reality, they are not.
The irony is that these same fat cat politicians and lawmakers were brought up on the same foods and drinks they are restricting and banning. They ate the fries, the burgers,and drank the sodas and they turned out to be contributing members of society. Yet, these same hypocrites want to tell the parents of today that everything they themselves had access to and indulged in is now "bad" for the parent and their children. Are you kidding me? Political correctness run amok.
People, the danger IS excessive eating and/or drinking. When anyone, whether a child or adult eats two or three burgers, or three or four packs of fries or two or three 72 oz cartons of soda at one sitting, THAT - - is the problem. It's not the one child's meal at fast food or adult burger and the one pack of fries or one soda. The key is "moderation", nothing more. Plus, exercise at school. Whatever happened to recess and physical education in the schools. Let the kids work off the calories through those programs.
This 4.5 billion dollar measure also increases federal reimbursement for free school lunches because many schools across the country say they cannot afford to give free lunches to children. These free give-a-ways are unwarranted.
This measure on nutrition allows schools to provide not only free lunches, but after school snacks and dinner. What? It's now the job of the government to feed all the children in the country by providing "free" lunch and dinner? Once again, where's the parents? The parents can't fix a nutritious meal for their children after school? And, believe it or not, there are some in Congress now that wants to extend the free lunches, the free after school meals to the week-ends.They actually want to feed the children on the week-ends when they are not even in school. What a joke.
If these programs were only for a needy child that could prove that their parents cannot afford to fix a lunch, that's fine but once one child gets a free meal, every parent that has a child in school wants their child to receive a free meal also. It never ends. And to extend these free meals to after school dinners - why? Free lunch and dinner on the week-ends - why? Where does it end?
As it stands now we taxpayers are subsidizing parents that are working and earning a living wage and we are paying for their child to each free, lunches,after school dinners and week-ends feedings.
My view,- a free lunch for those children up through elementary school grades that can provide paperwork to show that their parents are unemployed and have no funds to provide a lunch for their child/children.That's it!
For those parents that are working it is their duty and obligation to house and feed their children.It is not the government or the taxpayers job to provide free meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner, (seven days a week) for "all" of the Junior High or High School children in this country. These freebie social "I'll look out after you" programs have to end. And, -that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
______________________________
Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
DREAM ACT- Backdoor Amnesty
THE DOCTOR IS IN
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LAS VEGAS- Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Congress is attempting to pass the DREAM Act that would allow children that came to this country illegally to gain citizenship. "Have a little compassion," Rep. Eliot Engel, D-NY, said, directing his remarks to the Republicans: "These children came here. They didn't decide to come here. They know no other country. Some of them don't even know the language of the country in which they were born and they have a right as free Americans.
Come on! That's a back door to amnesty. A lot of those children are old enough to know they came here illegally,and I would venture to say they wanted to come here illegally. As to the lawmakers remark that many of the children don't speak their native tongue, I take issue with that. Most of the parents that brought these children here only spoke Spanish and brought the child up to speak Spanish. That is the only way the parents communicated with their child. And to this day, many of the parents still refuse to talk English creating a shadow ethnic class to separate themselves from the American way.
Until the government gets its act together and really and truly secures our Southern Border and can assure the people of this nation that they know who is entering and leaving this country on a daily basis there should be no sort of immigration reform whatsoever.
President Reagan gave amnesty to millions of illegal aliens a few decades ago. He and the administration told the American people that it was a one time solution to the illegal alien problem.The lawmakers said that if amnesty was given we would secure our borders from any further illegal immigration. That was a total Lie! Instead, that act of amnesty opened the flood gates and millions of illegal aliens invaded the United States hoping for another amnesty program and the illegal alien population and their relatives in this country have been pushing for the second amnesty program. That's wrong.
My view, if a person wants to come to America and contribute they should do like all other immigrants from around the world. The illegal alien should file the proper paperwork, stand in line, take all of the examinations required for citizenship, speak , read and write the English language and then become a citizen.
I personally have no objections to anyone wanting to reside in America,provided they abide by the law and do it the right way. If they follow the proper immigration procedure they deserve to become a citizen and they deserve to earn the privilege to work and reside in this country. Any other way would be a travesty and would be a slap in the face of the American people and to all of those people who are currently standing in line and jumping through the hoops of the immigration maze to live the American dream.
This DREAM ACT grants legal status to criminal aliens and it will create a safe haven for illegal aliens who face deportation and it should be noted that this vague, poorly written act "does not" require the completion of a college degree or military service as a condition of amnesty. People, this bill is an "AMNESTY BILL" basically because it provides every possible benefit, including citizenship to all of those illegal aliens currently in this country.
Bottom line! Lawmakers, CONGRESS - - No,. DREAM ACT. No AMNESTY in any way, shape or form. And,-that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, P.H.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
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LAS VEGAS- Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Congress is attempting to pass the DREAM Act that would allow children that came to this country illegally to gain citizenship. "Have a little compassion," Rep. Eliot Engel, D-NY, said, directing his remarks to the Republicans: "These children came here. They didn't decide to come here. They know no other country. Some of them don't even know the language of the country in which they were born and they have a right as free Americans.
Come on! That's a back door to amnesty. A lot of those children are old enough to know they came here illegally,and I would venture to say they wanted to come here illegally. As to the lawmakers remark that many of the children don't speak their native tongue, I take issue with that. Most of the parents that brought these children here only spoke Spanish and brought the child up to speak Spanish. That is the only way the parents communicated with their child. And to this day, many of the parents still refuse to talk English creating a shadow ethnic class to separate themselves from the American way.
Until the government gets its act together and really and truly secures our Southern Border and can assure the people of this nation that they know who is entering and leaving this country on a daily basis there should be no sort of immigration reform whatsoever.
President Reagan gave amnesty to millions of illegal aliens a few decades ago. He and the administration told the American people that it was a one time solution to the illegal alien problem.The lawmakers said that if amnesty was given we would secure our borders from any further illegal immigration. That was a total Lie! Instead, that act of amnesty opened the flood gates and millions of illegal aliens invaded the United States hoping for another amnesty program and the illegal alien population and their relatives in this country have been pushing for the second amnesty program. That's wrong.
My view, if a person wants to come to America and contribute they should do like all other immigrants from around the world. The illegal alien should file the proper paperwork, stand in line, take all of the examinations required for citizenship, speak , read and write the English language and then become a citizen.
I personally have no objections to anyone wanting to reside in America,provided they abide by the law and do it the right way. If they follow the proper immigration procedure they deserve to become a citizen and they deserve to earn the privilege to work and reside in this country. Any other way would be a travesty and would be a slap in the face of the American people and to all of those people who are currently standing in line and jumping through the hoops of the immigration maze to live the American dream.
This DREAM ACT grants legal status to criminal aliens and it will create a safe haven for illegal aliens who face deportation and it should be noted that this vague, poorly written act "does not" require the completion of a college degree or military service as a condition of amnesty. People, this bill is an "AMNESTY BILL" basically because it provides every possible benefit, including citizenship to all of those illegal aliens currently in this country.
Bottom line! Lawmakers, CONGRESS - - No,. DREAM ACT. No AMNESTY in any way, shape or form. And,-that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, P.H.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
Greedy Airlines Making Billions On Baggage Fees
THE DOCTOR IS IN
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LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
The airlines are making billions by dinging the flying public.Extra fees by any large corporation is just a rip off and a way for the corporation to boost their bottom line but the airlines are just a bunch of greedy titans.
The extra baggage fees for the airlines is great for them. They made 2 billion dollars in these outrageous baggage fees this year. In fact, they made 20% more this year than they did last year.
Delta airlines is one of the largest beneficiaries of this greed but most other major airlines are also realizing the gains from this baggage fee bonanza.
The airlines are always finding ways to squeeze out another dollar from each passenger but they continue to cut back on benefits for the air traveler. In addition the billions they are making from just the baggage fees they insist on charging for food, snacks, pillows, blankets,beverages,seating preference and God knows what all - - and they are still looking for additional venues to impose another fee.
Billions a year from the baggage fees, more billions from the food, snacks, beverages, pillows, etc., and that adds up too over the top profits for these airlines. I'm not even going to mention the price of the tickets because most of us already know how we are being ripped off by the ever changing prices that are calculated on an hourly basis, if not minute to minute.
Oh! Almost forgot. Don't forget those extra fees the airlines are making for any reservation changes and such things as children fees and the over-weight passenger fees, just to name a few. Folks, the flying public is being screwed day in and day out while the airlines cry poverty and continually ask for government help and bailouts.
My view,- I wonder what a two-week or a month boycott against the airlines would do? Would they then decide to stop gouging the flying public? Who knows. And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D.,O.M.D.
______________________________
Dr. Kuhns can be by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
________________
LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
The airlines are making billions by dinging the flying public.Extra fees by any large corporation is just a rip off and a way for the corporation to boost their bottom line but the airlines are just a bunch of greedy titans.
The extra baggage fees for the airlines is great for them. They made 2 billion dollars in these outrageous baggage fees this year. In fact, they made 20% more this year than they did last year.
Delta airlines is one of the largest beneficiaries of this greed but most other major airlines are also realizing the gains from this baggage fee bonanza.
The airlines are always finding ways to squeeze out another dollar from each passenger but they continue to cut back on benefits for the air traveler. In addition the billions they are making from just the baggage fees they insist on charging for food, snacks, pillows, blankets,beverages,seating preference and God knows what all - - and they are still looking for additional venues to impose another fee.
Billions a year from the baggage fees, more billions from the food, snacks, beverages, pillows, etc., and that adds up too over the top profits for these airlines. I'm not even going to mention the price of the tickets because most of us already know how we are being ripped off by the ever changing prices that are calculated on an hourly basis, if not minute to minute.
Oh! Almost forgot. Don't forget those extra fees the airlines are making for any reservation changes and such things as children fees and the over-weight passenger fees, just to name a few. Folks, the flying public is being screwed day in and day out while the airlines cry poverty and continually ask for government help and bailouts.
My view,- I wonder what a two-week or a month boycott against the airlines would do? Would they then decide to stop gouging the flying public? Who knows. And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D.,O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Govt. Pays Another Class of People For Doing Nothing: With Our Tax Money
THE DOCTOR IS IN
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LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Congress and Obama did it again-- providing a welfare state and a new class of people. They extended unemployment benefits for another whopping 13 months. Folks,most of these unemployed have been on the dole now for over two years. Each person collecting hundreds of dollars a week and these idiots in the administration and Congress dinged us working individuals again, -- to the tune of $57 million dollars for the 13 months. And, they do this at the time the country is racking up debt on debt.
True story: Recently, a friend of mine got a job for one of these unemployed persons on two different occasions.How did the unemployed person react? He quit both jobs after a few days on each and told my friend that the jobs only paid fifty ($50.00) more a week than the unemployment benefits he had been collecting and because of that it wasn't worth it to him to work the jobs when he could just stand in line and receive about the same amount of money.
This unemployed guy is no exception. I'm told that there are a lot of those that are collecting unemployment and feel the same, and do the same thing.
Since the recession started our lawmakers in Washington has extended the unemployment benefits,-- get this - -EIGHT TIMES. What do our Congress people say to rationalize this money grab. They go on television and say this is not the time to stop unemployment benefits because it is "around the holidays." Well, when is the time? In the summer these politicians will say, "the unemployed need a vacation with their families so let's not stop the benefits." When this round of benefits expire in 13 months it will be during the the holiday season again and you can bet the Congress, Reid, Pelosi and Obama will again say, "it's the holiday's and the wrong time to stop unemployment benefits.
Obama and his staff also said that extending the unemployment benefits for another year and one month "will create tens of thousands of new jobs." Are they kidding? How can paying people not to work create new jobs? Talk about a shell game - -this boondoggle scheme is it. People not working for two and three years is a drag on employment and yet, Obama and the administration try to sell the working people a bag of goods that has nothing in it.
Right now, we have this administration:
1. Paying million of people "Welfare benefits". Many of those welfare dollars are going to illegals and individuals who out and out lie on welfare applications in order to collect the welfare benefits.
2.There is this second class of freeloading people who claim to have been out of work for over two years and now they have over another year of benefits to look forward to. I've said it before and I'll say it again. When a person becomes unemployed they should be paid benefits (like it used to be years ago), 13 weeks of unemployment and ONE extension of another 13 weeks. That's it! I submit that anyone could find some type of job in 6 MONTHS. Come on.
Many of these unemployed people do not want to accept a job for less than they were making so they refuse to take any type of employment. Jobs are out there- for example, Wal-Mart,, fast food, restaurants, and many other venues. But these lazy individuals would rather sit home and take a free check once a week.
Believe it or not, from my research-- the longer a person is unemployed and is being subsidized by a government agency and/or family members, that unemployed person lacks the will to go out and take a job.
Basically, the government is enabling these unemployed and providing them a reason not to seek employment. The government has built another class of people in this nation and now those people look forward to receiving an unemployment check weekly and feel they are entitled to that check week after week.
My solution. Stop this crazy, bizarre give-a-way. Stop the unemployment extensions. When these people say they cannot find a job and actually know that they cannot stand in line and receive a free check (for doing nothing) they will go to work. If they have to eat and survive they will find some type of job or go to family members. If they do depend on family how long do you think their family members will put up with their sponging. Not long! The family will insist that they take some type of employment and, rightly so. Everyone has to contribute to society and the alleged "can't find a job people" will work when they have to face reality.
It's sad that our lawmakers continue to give particular groups a free pass. This nonsense once started, will go on and on. Once the program is started it gets a life of it's own and never dies. My view, enough is enough.
The one's paying the price here are all of the hard working people that are employed and having to carry these lazy people on their tab. I've seen single mom's and dads working in small restaurants, gas stations and 7-11's, making minimum wage just so they can support and provide for their kids. Hell, minimum wage is over $8.00 an hour and that's not peanuts and can provide a person with pride of having a job and feeding themselves and family. And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
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LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Congress and Obama did it again-- providing a welfare state and a new class of people. They extended unemployment benefits for another whopping 13 months. Folks,most of these unemployed have been on the dole now for over two years. Each person collecting hundreds of dollars a week and these idiots in the administration and Congress dinged us working individuals again, -- to the tune of $57 million dollars for the 13 months. And, they do this at the time the country is racking up debt on debt.
True story: Recently, a friend of mine got a job for one of these unemployed persons on two different occasions.How did the unemployed person react? He quit both jobs after a few days on each and told my friend that the jobs only paid fifty ($50.00) more a week than the unemployment benefits he had been collecting and because of that it wasn't worth it to him to work the jobs when he could just stand in line and receive about the same amount of money.
This unemployed guy is no exception. I'm told that there are a lot of those that are collecting unemployment and feel the same, and do the same thing.
Since the recession started our lawmakers in Washington has extended the unemployment benefits,-- get this - -EIGHT TIMES. What do our Congress people say to rationalize this money grab. They go on television and say this is not the time to stop unemployment benefits because it is "around the holidays." Well, when is the time? In the summer these politicians will say, "the unemployed need a vacation with their families so let's not stop the benefits." When this round of benefits expire in 13 months it will be during the the holiday season again and you can bet the Congress, Reid, Pelosi and Obama will again say, "it's the holiday's and the wrong time to stop unemployment benefits.
Obama and his staff also said that extending the unemployment benefits for another year and one month "will create tens of thousands of new jobs." Are they kidding? How can paying people not to work create new jobs? Talk about a shell game - -this boondoggle scheme is it. People not working for two and three years is a drag on employment and yet, Obama and the administration try to sell the working people a bag of goods that has nothing in it.
Right now, we have this administration:
1. Paying million of people "Welfare benefits". Many of those welfare dollars are going to illegals and individuals who out and out lie on welfare applications in order to collect the welfare benefits.
2.There is this second class of freeloading people who claim to have been out of work for over two years and now they have over another year of benefits to look forward to. I've said it before and I'll say it again. When a person becomes unemployed they should be paid benefits (like it used to be years ago), 13 weeks of unemployment and ONE extension of another 13 weeks. That's it! I submit that anyone could find some type of job in 6 MONTHS. Come on.
Many of these unemployed people do not want to accept a job for less than they were making so they refuse to take any type of employment. Jobs are out there- for example, Wal-Mart,, fast food, restaurants, and many other venues. But these lazy individuals would rather sit home and take a free check once a week.
Believe it or not, from my research-- the longer a person is unemployed and is being subsidized by a government agency and/or family members, that unemployed person lacks the will to go out and take a job.
Basically, the government is enabling these unemployed and providing them a reason not to seek employment. The government has built another class of people in this nation and now those people look forward to receiving an unemployment check weekly and feel they are entitled to that check week after week.
My solution. Stop this crazy, bizarre give-a-way. Stop the unemployment extensions. When these people say they cannot find a job and actually know that they cannot stand in line and receive a free check (for doing nothing) they will go to work. If they have to eat and survive they will find some type of job or go to family members. If they do depend on family how long do you think their family members will put up with their sponging. Not long! The family will insist that they take some type of employment and, rightly so. Everyone has to contribute to society and the alleged "can't find a job people" will work when they have to face reality.
It's sad that our lawmakers continue to give particular groups a free pass. This nonsense once started, will go on and on. Once the program is started it gets a life of it's own and never dies. My view, enough is enough.
The one's paying the price here are all of the hard working people that are employed and having to carry these lazy people on their tab. I've seen single mom's and dads working in small restaurants, gas stations and 7-11's, making minimum wage just so they can support and provide for their kids. Hell, minimum wage is over $8.00 an hour and that's not peanuts and can provide a person with pride of having a job and feeding themselves and family. And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
_______________________________
Dr. Kuhns can be reached by e-mail at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
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