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Anybody who supports this is a MORON. These tests are gonna cost the taxpayers MORE money since 90-95% of the people on assistance will pass.
And for the people that don't pass if you read the bill it says they are allowed to designate someone else to give the money to if they have children...which most do.
So lets recap MILLIONS of extra taxpayer money going to waste, to stop 1-5% of people that 1.) Are on drugs. 2.) On drugs at time of testing 3.) Fail the test 4.) Dont have kids.
And of course people will cheer because we all know how "lazy" those _______ people are while in the meantime Rick Scott makes his buddies in the health-care system Millions year after year of tax payer money.
Most of them said at least a day or two before they become undetectable in urine. If the drug test is sprung on the person with only one days' notice, that would catch most of the offenders. Chronic use of a substance takes even longer to leave the body, and these are the people who we really need to be catching, not the guy who takes a hit off a joint at a party once every few months.
Most of them said at least a day or two before they become undetectable in urine. If the drug test is sprung on the person with only one days' notice, that would catch most of the offenders. Chronic use of a substance takes even longer to leave the body, and these are the people who we really need to be catching, not the guy who takes a hit off a joint at a party once every few months.
But according to numbers in the future, only 1-5% will fail!
Those who fail could turn to drug dealing. Eventually end up in jail, costing taxpayers a lot more. But it would create some jobs in the prison system. That is in addition to those generated by testing. But I doubt it is enough to turn Florida's economy around. Latest unemployment rate is 3 points above the national average.
Those who fail could turn to drug dealing. Eventually end up in jail, costing taxpayers a lot more. But it would create some jobs in the prison system. That is in addition to those generated by testing. But I doubt it is enough to turn Florida's economy around. Latest unemployment rate is 3 points above the national average.
Thats the funny thing about it, locking someone up costs more than welfare.
Most of them said at least a day or two before they become undetectable in urine. If the drug test is sprung on the person with only one days' notice, that would catch most of the offenders. Chronic use of a substance takes even longer to leave the body, and these are the people who we really need to be catching, not the guy who takes a hit off a joint at a party once every few months.
We are speaking of a bureaucracy, not very likely that they are going to "spring" anything on anyone.
What I would like to see, but it would be hard to implement: a plan where the kids would still get needed food, regardless of mom and/or dad's drug habits. I hate to see them suffer.
You are right, of course there are requirements, if the state wants to say
stay off the drugs or else" they can. Like you said there are other requirements. A family make X number of $$s might qualify but his neighbor with a smaller family would not qualify.
Nita
This is where the schools can actually step in and tell if a child is malnourished. Child services can then step in.
This is where the schools can actually step in and tell if a child is malnourished. Child services can then step in.
Our dear Gov Scott has slashed the school budgets beyond to the bone, as well as the budget for DCF.
Care to comment where that $ is supposed to come from?
Our schools dont even have money for toilet paper.
This what I just love about people from out of state commenting about how to fix the problems here in FL.
They dont have a clue what is going on here.
Given his history of defrauding the government of public benefits, does the same law apply to other recipients of public funds, or is it just a way of singling out his particular disfavored group?
Probably the latter. Did we drug test the Wall Street firms before Bush bailed them out? Surely these guys were stoned out of their mind whilst betting against their own holdings and then buying insurance on that bet. Their drain on society was worse than any welfare Momma the right wing hysteria merchants could ever dream up, but as usual we beat up on the least among us.
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