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Originally posted by intrepid
Easy question........ why not? There are those that really need welfare to survive. Then there are those that abuse the system(tax dollars) and what are they contributing to their families? THAT is what welfare is. If they aren't doing drugs why wouldn't they submit to a drug test? If you are doing drugs you not only shouldn't be getting welfare you shouldn't be raising children.
Originally posted by citizen smith
Tell ya what, why not extend the powers of the DSS too rummage through your bins too...after all, if you consume more units of alcohol than is medically safe you're also a risk to the stae, the community, kids....etal
It seems this kind of arguement is coming from those who have little or no experience of life on the 'other side of the fence'
Originally posted by skeptic1
reply to post by citizen smith
If you are receiving tax-payer funded assistance, then you shouldn't be smoking weed or doing any illegal drugs or over-doing it on alcohol and cigarettes
Originally posted by SilentBob86
Originally posted by Bombeni
Originally posted by andy1033
If you are on welfare, how would you afford illegal drugs?
Just how many people that get welfare, can buy that stuff when they need food, and other things.
Can there really be that big of a problem of welfare people on drugs.
Lots of people trade their foodstamps for money or drugs. When my kids were little, the worst period of our lives was a 6 month least at The Outrigger apts. in Tulsa, OK. I couldn't count the times mostly mothers of small kids would approach me in the parking lot to buy their stamps at half price. Seriously at least once every other day.
That would be a sound argument if the majority of people actually recieved paper foodstamps. Most states now use EBT cards, which you cant exactly trade for cash.....
Originally posted by intrepid
It seems this kind of arguement is coming from those who have little or no experience of life on the 'other side of the fence'
Oh, I lived on that side of the fence. I lived in one of the most repressed part of Canada. Don't presume.
Originally posted by Bombeni
Originally posted by SilentBob86
Originally posted by Bombeni
Originally posted by andy1033
If you are on welfare, how would you afford illegal drugs?
Just how many people that get welfare, can buy that stuff when they need food, and other things.
Can there really be that big of a problem of welfare people on drugs.
Lots of people trade their foodstamps for money or drugs. When my kids were little, the worst period of our lives was a 6 month least at The Outrigger apts. in Tulsa, OK. I couldn't count the times mostly mothers of small kids would approach me in the parking lot to buy their stamps at half price. Seriously at least once every other day.
That would be a sound argument if the majority of people actually recieved paper foodstamps. Most states now use EBT cards, which you cant exactly trade for cash.....
Well this was 20 years ago when they were paper booklets. They've found a way I am sure to do the same with the debit cards. I think there are probably certain stores, in fact I am sure of it, that don't check for id, they don't care who the card belongs to they just want to sell groceries. Not all stores of course but there are crooked stores.
Originally posted by skeptic1
I like this idea.
Many jobs in this country require random drug testing, so why not welfare and state assistance recipients?
People from all walks of life receive government assistance, so they can't say it is profiling or racist or prejudiced.
It does send the message (hopefully) that if you are a drug addict or test positive for drugs when you are assisted by the government and the tax payers, you might not have that assistance for much longer.
Originally posted by JMasters
So far the only ones saying this is a bad thing... DO DRUGS! Not exactly a source we should take seriously. You do drugs, you don't deserve MY money. I'm not spending my money on drugs so why should you spend my money on drugs?
Originally posted by citizen smith
Originally posted by skeptic1
reply to post by citizen smith
If you are receiving tax-payer funded assistance, then you shouldn't be smoking weed or doing any illegal drugs or over-doing it on alcohol and cigarettes
Just because your economically hurting, doesn't mean that everyone in reciept of your tax dollars should go through the same