Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me.
I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In
order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with
which I have no problem. What I do have a problem with is the distribution
of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test… Shouldn’t one
have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one
to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping
people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with
helping someone sitting on their ***, doing drugs, while I work. . . . Can
you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a
urine test to get a public assistance check? Guess we could title that program, ‘Urine or You’re Out’.
JC, I think this meets the requirements to be posted in “Sound Off.” If not, please delete. I think this is a pretty reasonable idea. 8T
Not a bad idea, but I suspect that a lot of those folks would expect to have someone show up at their home to drive them to and from the testing place so we’d need another Gummitt organization to do it.
Your stellar idea will never fly in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Island Nation of Ohio or Arnold’s own, Coli-for-nee-a, because it makes too much sense, and would mean that a certain constituency group would no longer vote for the people who make sure they get paid monthly for the votes they deliver every 2-4 years. Give, and it shall be given unto you. Checks for votes.
The uproar over such a suggestion would be deafening. Kinda like a picture ID requirement to vote. There is NO room for logic here at all. The bleeding hearts would say it’s “unfair”.
What you propose would only cost taxpayers more $. Things like drug testing, jails, rehab, and on and on cost a lot of money to administer and maintain. Who do you think will end up having to pay for such things? Don’t get me wrong it’s a problem, but drug testing will only cost taxpayers more $. It’s a catch 22 as I see it.
What you are forgetting is that most of the welfare recipients are children who should not be penalized for the sins of their parents. Secondly, there are too many ways to beat a urine test and obtain valid results.
Gerri
8T, your idea is as innovative as mine, which calls for the American people to APPROVE/REJECT the proposed spending of their designated representatives. This would be done on an annual or semi-annual basis, and would serve as a report card for said representative based on the approval/rejection rating. Fall below a certain threshold, and BINGO! You’re outa here, Bozo! Oh, wait, that will never work because it would mean they were being held accountable for their actions. What a silly idea on my part. Everyone know that politicians are exempt from accountability, just like they exempted themselves from the Do Not Call List and Unsociable Insecurity. And what other job allows you to increase your pay whenever you want to (regardless of your progress report results), and to legally extort money from your boss…US…whenever they want to spend more money.
And the blind sheep continue to follow the piper over the edge of the precipice, because they have no clue what they actually believe. They depend on some media talking head to tell them what to think.
I love this country…
Today I heard that we don’t need to concern ourselves with the national debt for the next two years, because we need to fix the stuff that’s broke, and that’s gonna take a bunch of moo-lah (is that a printing press I hear warming up behind that door?). I’m going to tell my banker tomorrow that we don’t need to be concerned with my debt for the next two years while I rebuild my life, my business, my fleet of work vehicles and my storage building. Just let the faucet stay open and I’ll tell you what I spent the money on. COme back in two years.
I have had a change of heart. I’m going to make it real simple. Just stay home, have a bunch of kids and collect the checks. It will be too expensive to rehabilitate my bad attitude, drug test me or train me to learn a trade. The kids are the glue that hold the program together. Without them, I might have to get off my duff and go find job. Who came up with this idea? it’s SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
