Most of us here have spoken against the drug testing."Officer, I don't agree to searches."
"No, you can't have my ID. What crime do you suspect me of committing?"
"A DUI checkpoint is an infringement of my 4th amendment rights!"
"what's that? you lost your job and can't pay your bills? here, pee in this cup."
we'll take it one further..
"have 6 kids and can't afford to feed them? Here, pee in this cup."
Hypocrites... every last one of you...
You don't get other peoples money from driving on the road, you get other peoples money on welfare"Officer, I don't agree to searches."
"No, you can't have my ID. What crime do you suspect me of committing?"
"A DUI checkpoint is an infringement of my 4th amendment rights!"
"what's that? you lost your job and can't pay your bills? here, pee in this cup."
we'll take it one further..
"have 6 kids and can't afford to feed them? Here, pee in this cup."
Hypocrites... every last one of you...
"Officer, I don't agree to searches."
"No, you can't have my ID. What crime do you suspect me of committing?"
"A DUI checkpoint is an infringement of my 4th amendment rights!"
"what's that? you lost your job and can't pay your bills? here, pee in this cup."
we'll take it one further..
"have 6 kids and can't afford to feed them? Here, pee in this cup."
Hypocrites... every last one of you...
so what happens when someone tests positive? stop the aid? then you knowingly have "x" children in a home that no longer can provide the minimum standard of living. the case then has to be refferred to childrens service as im sure the agency providing the test will fall under the mandatory reporting. the children are then removed and placed in foster care. im not sure of the amount paid per child in foster care but im sure it would be greater than the food stipend. health care and other services will be available in either setting thus being a wash cost wise. im sure mandatory rehab will be in order on the taxpayers dime.
i am in no way against testing and removal but the program needs evaluated fiscally as a whole. testing with no teeth is simply another cost. if they are prepaired to take the children the cost of that also needs addressed.
The far right has done an excellent job of convincing their base that welfare recipients sit in their leather recliner all day, playing X-Box on their 60 inch television while getting high. These bills are red meat and allow candidates to accuse the opposition of coddling drug users. Quite a few have popped up after the Tea Party movement.
"Officer, I don't agree to searches."
"No, you can't have my ID. What crime do you suspect me of committing?"
"A DUI checkpoint is an infringement of my 4th amendment rights!"
"what's that? you lost your job and can't pay your bills? here, pee in this cup."
we'll take it one further..
"have 6 kids and can't afford to feed them? Here, pee in this cup."
Hypocrites... every last one of you...
Why the hell do we have welfare (disability, social security, medicare, medicaid, unemployment, food stamps, public education, government subsidized housing, etc) in the first place? We don't need drug tests to account for welfare eligibility, we need to abolish all welfare. We can no longer encourage the encroachment of socialism in our society and expect capitalism to be able to survive. Plain and simple. Both economic systems cannot function at the same time.
I thought it was a nice hand grenadeyour first day here and you toss that grenade into the room?