If you on govt assistance ya @zz better lay off the dope

[Kemyran]

Florida has a drug testing policy and it's an utter disgrace with just around 3% testing positive.
Three percent. Far lesser than the expected average. And at what cost?

Nearly two years later, the New York Times released the most comprehensive data yet on how the law fared.
In the four months that Florida’s law was in place, the state drug-tested 4,086 TANF applicants. A mere 108 individuals – 2.6 percent – tested positive. This is much lower than the 8.13 percent of all Floridians, age 12 and up, estimated by the federal government to use illegal drugs. This was in direct conflict with the argument made by Gov. Rick Scott, who said the law was necessary because welfare recipients used drugs at a higher rate than the general population.
The absurdity of this law is magnified when you realize how much it cost the state to run this program. Florida spent $118,140 reimbursing the 3,938 TANF applicants who tested negative for drugs. That is far more than any money saved by the program. And that’s only part of the cost to the state to run this program. There are also the administrative costs, staff costs, and, of course, the litigation costs. Furthermore, the testing program didn’t deter individuals from applying for help.

Drug testing only benefits drug testing companies and saves no one money. Ever. Anywhere.

Came in here to make sure this was posted so the idiots can look beyond their own stupid fukking noses to understand the big picture. Glad I wasn't disappointed.

 

[Kemyran]

And if you're going to cite what works in Europe as a model for what works in the United States, there's...you know...national healthcare and other socialist policies.
But when it comes to that, you people are like "oh, well, Europe's different..."

Typical conservative hypocrisy.

 

[yo moms]

That kid is 19 with no education and works in a warehouse.
I'm not interested in his anectodal evidence based on what he seems to see.

I like facts. Something you're impressively inept at providing, like, ever.

I'm 18. There's a fact that you missed you dumb fukk. :queenumad:

 

[Remote]

No one is arguing about what the majority of welfare recipients are....I'm well aware it's white people.

Welfare made it easier for black women to push black men out of raising their kids. In the end you end up with 70% out of wedlock rate.

Atrocious if you ask me.
If she can get help from the government, A man becomes an accessory not a necessity.

I can agree to a point.
But why is this looked at specifically as a black woman problem?

If the vast majority of people on welfare are white people, why isn't the argument that "welfare makes it easier for white women to push white men out of raising their kids" ???

Not that I agree completely in either case, but I think you see what I'm getting at.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

They don't even test prison inmates who receive free housing, medical care and food from taxes.

So, basically, those receiving welfare will be treated worse than prisoners just for being poor.



Thanks, Obama!​

 

[charmander]

They (cacs/ conservatives/ republicans) tryin to pass a law in my state that requires those whom recieve govt assistance to be subject to random drug testing and if you piss hot your benefits will be denied.

I personally think its fukked up to allow kids to starve or be homeless jus because their mother or father can't stop getting high. Addiction is a mental health issue. Some mfers just can't stop. Don't hurt the families just to prove a self-righteous point or opinion due to an idealogical view on America.

Killing benefits for drug addicts ain gon stop people from abusing the system. We still gon have bytches collecting food stamps while driving an escalade rocking a Chanel bag. We still gon have mfers using their EBT card for cigarettes and liquor

...basically wit that shyt

you live in georgia? they been talmbout doin that down here for a minute...i think the backlash would be too much for it to get passed tho...

 

[MexicanKingpin]

There looking for any excuse to cut gov assistance off,next thing they will want you to stop drinking.

 

[BrothaZay]

Exactly addicts shouldn't even be able to keep their kids...you want handouts stay clean. I hope this comes to texas

?
So someone who smokes weed(thats what the test are for im pretty sure) shouldn't be allowed to keep their kids?

You nikkas stay exposing urself, u think they doing random drug test for heroin and crack

 

[Scientific Playa]

Trey Radel To Take Leave Of Absence After Pleading Guilty To Cocaine Possession

Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) said Wednesday he'll take a leave of absence following his sentencing to one-year probation for cocaine possession.

"I have no excuse for what I've done," Radel said during a press conference in Florida. "And I'm not gonna sit here trying to make any excuses for what I've done. I let down our country, I've let down our constituents, I've let down my family, including my wife and even though he doesn't know it, I've let down my 2-year-old son."

Radel gave no indication when his leave will begin or how long it will last. He said that his staff will work while he's away and that he will donate his salary from the period to charity.

Radel said he has dealt with alcoholism off and on for years, following the "terrible and tragic" death of his mother.

"I hope, like family, southwest Florida can forgive me for this," he said. "I've let them down, but I do believe in faith, forgiveness and redemption and I hope to come out of this a stronger man, a better man, for all of you."

Radel said he has sought help and will continue to seek help.

"Sometimes in life you need a wake up call. This is my wake up call," he said.

Radel was targeted in a Washington, D.C., police covert operation last month after sources told law enforcement officers that the representative had purchased cocaine on several occasions. He appeared at District of Columbia Superior Court earlier on Wednesday to plead guilty to the charge of cocaine possession.

Ron Machen, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said Radel's conduct couldn't be ignored.

"Mr. Radel’s guilty plea is similar to those entered every year by hundreds of other drug offenders in the District of Columbia who possess illegal narcotics," Machen said in the statement. "We appreciate his willingness to promptly accept responsibility for his conduct.”

 

[yo moms]

There looking for any excuse to cut gov assistance off,next thing they will want you to stop drinking.

 

[BrothaZay]

ehh i don't do drugs but i thought we got to a point where we gave up on the 'war on drugs'. and lmao @ "make them get jobs!". what do you think these people are doing? they're all really out here taking taxpayer money and riding in escalades? it's almost impossible to live on welfare, let alone without it.

stereotype your own people whilst calling each other c00ns, brehs.

These nikkas are clowns breh

They see one bytch in a head scarf driving a escalade to 7/11 and think thats all people in the hood.
Not realizing thats probably her mother or fathers car or boyfriends.

If you nikkas really think people in the hood are living an easy life, because of "my tax dollars" maybe u should take a trip.

 

[The 2020 New Member]

?
So someone who smokes weed(thats what the test are for im pretty sure) shouldn't be allowed to keep their kids?

You nikkas stay exposing urself, u think they doing random drug test for heroin and crack

weed is damn near legal. what would they be testing for, breh?

 

[BrothaZay]

weed is damn near legal. what would they be testing for, breh?

Not everyone lives in the west breh.
It some places nikkas still get arrested for having a half a gram on them

 

[Chesirecatdaddy]

Rick Scott already did this in Florida and only 2% of people on welfare were on drugs. It turned out to be a scam... Rick scotts wife owns the drug testing labs that got the contracts to test everyone. Follow the money trail and I'll be you'll find the same thing in your state.

 

[The 2020 New Member]

Not everyone lives in the west breh.
It some places nikkas still get arrested for having a half a gram on them

in the words of roy jones jr.

i must've forgot.