SENATOR DEAN HELLER AND COLLEAGUES, RIPPING OFF THE TAXPAYER AGAIN.

THE KUHNS REPORT

Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

Senators Dean Heller, R-NV, and Jack Reed, D-NJ are again trying to push legislation to  extend Federal Unemployment benefits. What a bad move - -we don't need it. Heller and many Democrats have been screaming to give extensions of unemployment money to people since last year.

I have always said that the states unemployment benefits program was sufficient for the unemployed. Payments were usually made for 13 weeks WITH and EXTENSION for an additional 13 weeks. Folks, that's SIX months for a person to find a job. That is plenty of time. Heller and his colleagues have been trying to have retroactive  money paid to the chronically unemployed. The program would cost us taxpayers millions and millions of dollars for another 36 to 38 week extension of benefits.  This new bill by Heller now does away with the RETROACTIVE benefits. but he still wants Federal money to pay for an additional 37 weeks ON TOP of the 26 weeks paid by the states. What a rip off for us taxpayers. These continued attempts at paying  months and years of additional unemployment benefits to people that refuse to work is a fiasco.

I predicted over a year ago that if the our Washington lawmakers refused to extend the unemployment benefits those people who have been collecting the money would  go and FIND a job. My prediction came to pass. If  all of you readers have been reading the newspapers and watching reports on television you will see that hundreds of thousands of jobs have been filled month after month. New home sales in the U.S. hit a SIX-YEAR HIGH, just in May 2014. Other reports show that  people have been hired and the economy is humming along. Since the added jobs and the economy uptick unemployment claims have fallen 23 percent in May, 2014. I hate to say I TOLD YOU SO but if the lawmakers cut off of the free benefits and the promise of continued extensions those unemployed will go out and work for a living.

Yet, Heller and others on the Hill still want to spend $9.7 BILLION DOLLARS for a five (5) month extension. I say that is wrong. I suggest that  as the current unemployed peoples  state benefits run out , and knowing there will be no Federal unemployment extension they will seriously look for work and finally go to work. Again, SIX months of state unemployment benefits is enough time for anyone to find some type of employment.

I hope that the House and competent lawmakers in Washington finally see that handing out continued unemployment money to people only enables them and allows them to live off of the dole. It's obvious that the people who were living off of the Federal Unemployment checks have survived and got along so far without receiving RETROACTIVE checks. Many went BACK TO WORK.

My suggestion to Senator Heller , (who definitely lost my vote and many friends and associates votes) here in Nevada is: STOP pushing  legislation for continued unemployment money. It's not your money you're squandering. It's my money and the rest of the taxpayers money. I say to Heller, those who are unemployed and not able to collect any further Federal extensions WILL go out and work. It's happening and will continue to happen.

That $9.7 BILLION Heller wants to spend could be used to pay down our  national debt, fix our roads and infrastructure or it could be applied to hundreds of other projects that make this country great. Where the hell is the priorities of some of these Washington losers? - And, that's my opinion. You decide. Make your own decision.

Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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