tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939165368430334769.post5486120386179144449..comments2023-10-23T16:05:15.619-04:00Comments on Not the Life I Ordered....: Welfare drug testsSue Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495983573732369746noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939165368430334769.post-64424709989127421972013-04-17T15:11:45.594-04:002013-04-17T15:11:45.594-04:00Whether drug testing is the answer or not, I don&#...Whether drug testing is the answer or not, I don't know. But I do believe that there needs to be Welfare reform. In mine line of work, I see people who have settled themselves into the system & made a way of life and it's generational. One test isn't the answer. Have a physical, psych evaluation, IQ test, & drug test to determine the need to stay on public assistance. My views maybe radical, but that is mainly because I deal with these individuals sense of entitlement on a daily basis.<br />Alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939165368430334769.post-32654810704892757132013-04-17T10:20:30.348-04:002013-04-17T10:20:30.348-04:00I'm torn on this issue. I think there should b...I'm torn on this issue. I think there should be drug testing for people receiving tax payer money welfare recipients, politicians, civil service employees, armed forces (already do), teachers (many already do), etc. but I also see the encroachment of the civil rights side of it and the kids side of it. There isn't an easy answer. <br /><br />The answer is to fix the system, but how? I think I'd rather see a stop to the abuse of the system. It should be a temporary help not a generational support system. <br /><br />And to sort of answer a question, students with certain convictions, drug charges being one of them I believe are not able to receive certain fundings...BakingSuithttp://bakinginmybathingsuit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939165368430334769.post-90026557882570593022013-04-17T10:03:34.721-04:002013-04-17T10:03:34.721-04:00Excellent point.Excellent point.Sue Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495983573732369746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939165368430334769.post-20314120144534497972013-04-17T09:09:27.716-04:002013-04-17T09:09:27.716-04:00In addition to this, requiring a drug test for low...In addition to this, requiring a drug test for low income assistance attaches a stigma to being poor that unwarranted. Do students have to pass a drug test in order to receive federal grants? Do other tax payers need to pass a drug test to receive tax credits? All citizens receive federal benefits in one way or another, but only low income recipients (Welfare)are being asked to complete drug tests as if it has anything to do with anything.<br /><br />In a time where soft drug use is increasingly socially accepted, calls for laws like this are nothing more than cloaked racism.CD1083https://www.blogger.com/profile/06747306309458936798noreply@blogger.com