Two Ga. lawmakers want drug tests for welfare recipients (Atlanta: house, unemployment benefits)

[Huckleberry3911948]

we need em. but of course they will fight u to the death about it.
reagan tried to do that with fed workers (1987??) , boy did they lawyer up fast.
but please if you are guna go after somebody go after congress, a whole lota white nostrils there i can assure.
how many? 3 years since they passed a budget?

[tonygeorgia]

Originally Posted by Mgyeldell

I like the idea, but its not a good idea. It affects children who have no say if they are on welfare are not.

And? What about the parents who have lost their jobs because of drugs?

[Caleb Longstreet]

Originally Posted by RoslynHolcomb

Drug tests aren't cheap, even the simple urine test can cost $30 per use. When you multiply that by thousands of people my guess is that from a cost-benefits analysis standpoint it's simply not worth it. That is assuming that the purpose is to remove people from the welfare rolls. If the purpose is simply to apply the same rules to welfare recipients as we have from our employers, I would think we'd have better use of our money, especially given the lack of funding we're already experiencing.

Government probably won't pay 30 bucks but, then again? Yeah they will probably pay $50......$5 for the test, $10 for the report, $10 for the taster, and $25 for the guy handing mouthwash to the taster afterwards along with a napkin.....but I digress.....

I am sure they can outsource that for $20 a pop.....if the applicant fails, make them pay....if they pass, they get the money back....at least they will have earned something...in this case a free pi$$ test! Something probably for nothing.....I say test em'. Probably get some new youtube video with some crackhead rambling on about national security or some other unrelated nonsense just like the wall street protesters. Should be a hoot.

[Merin]

This is an expensive waste of time.

[JustBeingMe404]

[atltechdude]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

And I'm pretty sure that the drug abused most by public assistance recipients is the same mostly abused by those not on public assistance, and it's perfectly legal: alcohol.

Agreed.

Also, I feel that any universal drug test program is an unreasonable search upon your person.

If the government has no evidence or probable cause to believe that you are using illegal drugs, you shouldn't be required to prove your innocence.

[residinghere2007]

Originally Posted by Merin

This is an expensive waste of time.

I totally agree.

I also agree with the posters who have suggested that the state legislature pass a law requiring all state legislators, attorneys, law makers, and employees pass random drug tests beginning now.

On paper I like the idea of testing assistance users but I feel it is a waste of time and money IRL.

[Caleb Longstreet]

Originally Posted by atltechdude

Agreed.

Also, I feel that any universal drug test program is an unreasonable search upon your person.

If the government has no evidence or probable cause to believe that you are using illegal drugs, you shouldn't be required to prove your innocence.

Anyone calculate what that 3 percent was costing versus the cost to test? How do we know it was 3 percent? Where is the data? Who wrote it?

[hatgirl007]

Rubbish.
I would like to see more effort on mandatory birth control.

[northwinds]

Originally Posted by hatgirl007

Rubbish.
I would like to see more effort on mandatory birth control.

Exactly.....you want me to pay for the raising of your first child.....you don't get a second one you can't afford to raise....