While I am against any sort of welfare period this is at least a step in the right direction for my home state.
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/17468692/georgians-must-pass-drug-test-to-get-welfare-benefits
I agree with the idea, but I foresee a lot of crying, race baiting and class warfare references followed by law suits and an eventual dismissal of the law as unconstitutional. I’d love to see it stand and spread around the country with the holes of weeding out as many POS oxygen thieves raiding my wallet each year as possible.
I’d love to see SC follow suit.
how can anyone even begin to argue against this?
I think the same should be done with anyone receiving federal student aid… we pay taxes for you to get an education… not get high on the gubments dime
THats awsome I hope it works out well and can be used as an example for others states
It’s a good step, but it will be botched in no time.
Florida tried to pass a similar law, until the ACLU got involved. It was shot down. :rolleyes: Won’t be surprised one bit if the same happens here.
They already are - read the story behind the link. BTW, it is our dime(s), not the government’s.
I’d rather see mandatory birth control.
precisely why I prefaced it with “we pay taxes for you to get an education”…
they fail to understand that the money they are receiving isn’t coming from some fictional change purse the government filled with its own endeavors… the money comes from we the people
I’d just really like to know… how can one argue that drug testing those on welfare or receiving any government assistance in any way shape or form shouldn’t be allowed…
I mean literally, what is their arguement? Invasion of privacy? Its not private if you are claiming you can’t work and are receiving tax funded subsistence, while engaging in acts that prevent you from obtaining a job in the first place…
Its not illegal for jobs to drug screen… why is any government program to be considered different… I am literally astonished
what litigation is there to bring against this… what actual legally defensible argument could there possibly be to stop this from occurring?
if you have fallen on hard economic times… how do drugs factor into that?.. so because you are poor you should be allowed to do drugs? and therefore since you are indeed poor and cannot afford to buy both drugs and food… then Uncle Sam should cover the difference?
I am all for it if the working Class has to pee in a cup to get a job and keep it then the scum sitting on their ass should have to jump through even more hoops in my eyes .
But i am sure it will be a up hill battle with the race card being pulled and everyone screaming it is a violation of their civil rights :rolleyes:
Proud to be a Georgian. Now if they just would have passed the suppressor hunting bill…
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Not to divert the OP, but there is some justice occasionally - very rarely, but occasionally:
Amanda Clayton, Michigan Lottery Winner Who Used Food Stamps, Charged With Welfare Fraud
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/amanda-clayton-michigan-lottery-winner-food-stamps_n_1431777.html
Back on topic - I wonder what a drug test would have turned up?
Interestingly, many of the opponents are libertarians who see the testing as a violation of the Constitution’s 4th Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure. Keith Larson is a libertarian talk radio personality in Charlotte (News Talk AM1110 / 99.3 WBT) who has spent a fair amount of time discussing the issue, and is very much opposed to the testing. While Ron Paul has never addressed the issue specifically, many “analysts” believe that he would oppose the testing based on his opposition vote on HR 4550 in 1998 that called for drug testing federal employees (see last paragraph of this article http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/what-would-president-ron-pauls-drug-policy-look-like/253620). To be fair, it is very likely that Paul would also vote against federal welfare IF it ever came before his desk.
As for me, I’m very much in favor of the testing. I believe that the 4th Amendment only applies to drug testing if one operates under the assumption that welfare is a right.
I love the idea of it but fear it is much easier to cheat on drug tests than people realize. Add to that the glut of extra tests that will be performed under this law and you are set up to spend more money on tests while having very little positive impact on welfare money being used for drugs.
[HEAVY SARCASM] This is racism!! This is just another attempt by “the man” to maintain his control over the masses.[/HEAVY SARCASM]
Good on them, I don’t think it will go anywhere once the NBPP sets up camp and gets air time and Jesse and Al start another circle jerk.
Here, here!
And, let’s not stop there. We should also have mandatory drug testing for ALL govt employees, contractors, politicians and anyone else who gets a govt check.
Strangely, most politicians are very much against having their own urine tested.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-2-2012/poor-pee-ple
awesome clip… gotta love the double standard…
if the part time employee washing dishes in the deli at a Kroger grocery store has to be submit to a drug screening… how can those who are passing the laws not be subjected to the same thing…
I know some folks here that are going to be Up-Set! :haha:
I think I’ll call now and give em a hard time.