Is the COLA increase fair?

Quote: GenoDRPh

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You keep going on and on about not having kids if you can't afford them, but you refuse to vote for politicians who will protect that choice. And you keep justifying electing politicians who wish to take away that choice. Vote your rhetoric, I dare you.

BS Pharmacy was 5 years for decades-4 years of classroom and 1 year of required internships and clerkships per accreditation standards. *You* may not have ever herd of it, but that was the way for decades.

Every job I have ever had, from the time I started working as a young teenager, anything over 40 was paid at the OT rate of time and a half and taxed accordingly Not sure what point you are trying to make here.

As I’ve stated ad nauseum, I can’t find a politician that agrees with all of my ideas. I do not consider abortion rights as a reason to vote for or against someone a top priority. You may not be aware, but there are other ways to not have children besides abortion.

During your required internship/clerkships are you paid, or are you still paying tuition? During my internship and residency I was paid and there was no tuition.

You missed my point about me and you working more than 40 hours. It was about the fact that someone will complain about how poor they are and demand the government subsidize them if they are working a regular 40 hour job, but there are people who, if in that circumstance, work more than 40 hours. I did. To succeed. On my own, not by begging the government to prop me up. I assume if young Geno was having trouble paying his bills he’d be doing that OT.

SOOPOO, you worked as a sawbones, I was a shyster: we are not your "typical Americans."

Let me guess: like me, your family prioritized you going to college, getting a good education.

Like me, you were raised in a stable environment that both allowed and encouraged you to read, to study, to learn how the world really works.

Like me, you had family help with college expenses.

My point: I succeeded (and perhaps you did too) in large part because we were raised in an environment that groomed us for success.

My dad kept his nose to the grindstone to provide for us; my mom stayed at home til the kids were of age, then she went to work: she was quite smart: we still have the letter she got from MENSA inviting her to join after she took their test.

Though not college educated she worked for Social Security administration.

She cleverly invested and they put all three kids through college and then at death left a nice inheritance.

Not typical in America today, methinks.

GOOD PARENTING is the key to children growing up to succeed and thrive as we have done.

Today over half of all births are to unwed mothers: not a lot of hope for those kids.

Many parents themselves are not well educated and do not prioritize their offspring getting an education.

Many are alcoholics, drug addicts, and / or have mental problems.

A lot of negative factors out there acting as roadblocks for success of their children.

Quote: SOOPOO

As I’ve stated ad nauseum, I can’t find a politician that agrees with all of my ideas. I do not consider abortion rights as a reason to vote for or against someone a top priority. You may not be aware, but there are other ways to not have children besides abortion.

During your required internship/clerkships are you paid, or are you still paying tuition? During my internship and residency I was paid and there was no tuition.

You missed my point about me and you working more than 40 hours. It was about the fact that someone will complain about how poor they are and demand the government subsidize them if they are working a regular 40 hour job, but there are people who, if in that circumstance, work more than 40 hours. I did. To succeed. On my own, not by begging the government to prop me up. I assume if young Geno was having trouble paying his bills he’d be doing that OT.

During my internships and clerkships, as part my graduation requirements, I paid tuition and was not paid for my work and attendance. It was part of my formal education, where certain topics and experiences were required. I received a grade for each of these which went on my college transcript I also had a job-employment-in a pharmacy, under a preceptor who paid me like any other worker, to provide experiential training in pharmacy. This is akin to an apprenticeship of old. This was not required for graduation, but the hours I worked and kept track off and submitted with my license application was required for licensure. Had I elected to do a post-graduate residency or fellowship, that would have been paid. I do not know at what rate. I do know that pharmacy residents get paid a higher rate when they are asked to work extra when the pharmacy is short staffed.

Let me explain it again, and this time I'll type s-l-o-w-l-y so you can easily understand it.

You support abortion, but don't consider it an important enough topic to protect. So, while you were busy being unprincipled and thinking you are making some kind of heroic statement by voting for yourself, abortion rights have been eviscerated in the US. Not only that, but your hero, Clarence Thomas, has stated that since abortion isn't a Constitutional right, SCOTUS should now strike down laws protecting gay marriage, and access to contraception for both the married and the unmarried. Then we have your boy Elon and his Mom, saying that women should have children even if they can't afford to raise them. So you keep saying that women should not have children if they can't afford them, but not only will you not lift a finger to protect their choices to prevent pregnancy, you actively work against them. Ad nauseam? You're damn right your positions make the women who you supposedly support, and their allies, nauseous.

You go on and on about people demanding the government give them freebies and hand outs or whatever. But you also mention, almost in passing, that you also support a safety net. Well, which is it? Do you support means tested safety net programs like Medicaid, insurance premium subsidy, SNAP and nutritional assistance and home heating assistance or not?

You can be damned sure that if I came up short every month, I'd be looking at every means possible to close that gap-cutting expenses, earning more, whatever. And if I qualified for public assistance, based on my particular circumstances, you're damned right I would apply and ask to be approved. That's what it's there for, and that's what I want my tax dollars to go towards, at least in part. I want to have a nice country, and nice things cost money.

Quote: GenoDRPh

During my internships and clerkships, as part my graduation requirements, I paid tuition and was not paid for my work and attendance. It was part of my formal education, where certain topics and experiences were required. I received a grade for each of these which went on my college transcript I also had a job-employment-in a pharmacy, under a preceptor who paid me like any other worker, to provide experiential training in pharmacy. This is akin to an apprenticeship of old. This was not required for graduation, but the hours I worked and kept track off and submitted with my license application was required for licensure. Had I elected to do a post-graduate residency or fellowship, that would have been paid. I do not know at what rate. I do know that pharmacy residents get paid a higher rate when they are asked to work extra when the pharmacy is short staffed.

Let me explain it again, and this time I'll type s-l-o-w-l-y so you can easily understand it.

You support abortion, but don't consider it an important enough topic to protect. So, while you were busy being unprincipled and thinking you are making some kind of heroic statement by voting for yourself, abortion rights have been eviscerated in the US. Not only that, but your hero, Clarence Thomas, has stated that since abortion isn't a Constitutional right, SCOTUS should now strike down laws protecting gay marriage, and access to contraception for both the married and the unmarried. Then we have your boy Elon and his Mom, saying that women should have children even if they can't afford to raise them. So you keep saying that women should not have children if they can't afford them, but not only will you not lift a finger to protect their choices to prevent pregnancy, you actively work against them. Ad nauseam? You're damn right your positions make the women who you supposedly support, and their allies, nauseous.

You go on and on about people demanding the government give them freebies and hand outs or whatever. But you also mention, almost in passing, that you also support a safety net. Well, which is it? Do you support means tested safety net programs like Medicaid, insurance premium subsidy, SNAP and nutritional assistance and home heating assistance or not?

You can be damned sure that if I came up short every month, I'd be looking at every means possible to close that gap-cutting expenses, earning more, whatever. And if I qualified for public assistance, based on my particular circumstances, you're damned right I would apply and ask to be approved. That's what it's there for, and that's what I want my tax dollars to go towards, at least in part. I want to have a nice country, and nice things cost money.

The safety net I am referring to is for those that truly need it. Not those that prioritize the newest IPhone, a Netflix subscription, and $200 sneakers over paying for their health insurance. Or taking a job that gives you health insurance as a benefit.

Some things you never forget. I was in Med School with not much money. It’s in what used to be called a ‘slum’. I’d go to the fish store and buy the cheapest option, which back then was herring. It fried up ok. What I won’t forget is the woman buying lobster tails with her food stamps.

I’m guessing she didn’t need the food stamps to ward off starvation.

Quote: SOOPOO

The safety net I am referring to is for those that truly need it. Not those that prioritize the newest IPhone, a Netflix subscription, and $200 sneakers over paying for their health insurance. Or taking a job that gives you health insurance as a benefit.

Some things you never forget. I was in Med School with not much money. It’s in what used to be called a ‘slum’. I’d go to the fish store and buy the cheapest option, which back then was herring. It fried up ok. What I won’t forget is the woman buying lobster tails with her food stamps.

I’m guessing she didn’t need the food stamps to ward off starvation.

So she bought permissible items with her food stamps, which she qualified for. What's it to you?

Show me where there is government assistance for the latest iPhone, Netflix subscription, $200 sneakers. I dare you.

Quote: GenoDRPh

So she bought permissible items with her food stamps, which she qualified for. What's it to you?

Show me where there is government assistance for the latest iPhone, Netflix subscription, $200 sneakers. I dare you.

And no one knows for sure the personal circumstance.

Perhaps she got a birthday gift from a relative so that was the week she had extra to spend. Can't she splurge for one day if she did?

Quote: GenoDRPh

So she bought permissible items with her food stamps, which she qualified for. What's it to you?

Show me where there is government assistance for the latest iPhone, Netflix subscription, $200 sneakers. I dare you.

It’s called ‘welfare’. There are those with ‘under the table jobs’ that take advantage of ‘being unemployed’. It’s common in that ‘slum’ I referred to. The numbers runner might ‘forget’ to inform the IRS about that income.

I’m not saying the items weren’t permissible. What I am saying is if you truly need the money to buy food, it shouldn’t be enough for lobster tails.

Quote: GenoDRPh

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You keep going on and on about not having kids if you can't afford them, but you refuse to vote for politicians who will protect that choice.

What politicians protect the rights of those not wanting to have families? I am guessing you are alluding to birth control and abortion, but politicians don't control who has kids. 99.99% of people having kids are partaking in coitus, just say no and most likely you won't have kids.

Quote: DRich

just say no and most likely you won't have kids.

Many MAGA just want jail and coat hanger abortions for fornicating women.

Quote: rxwine

Many MAGA just want jail and coat hanger abortions for fornicating women.

In general, I think that is only for the ones that want to end the pregnancies.