Urine Test for Public Assistance?

[binö]

the problem i forsee is this...people are gonna do drugs and need assitance...if we don't give them assitance, they aren't gonna stop getting high and all the sudden become respectable
they are still gonna need food/housing/heating...and without government help, they'll just use crimey ways to get what they need.
so we're basically held hostage

 

[Humble Pride]

^^^decent point........

 

[digimon7068]

the problem i forsee is this...people are gonna do drugs and need assitance...if we don't give them assitance, they aren't gonna stop getting high and all the sudden become respectable
they are still gonna need food/housing/heating...and without government help, they'll just use crimey ways to get what they need.
so we're basically held hostage

i used to audit some housing projects in pittsburgh. . .residents got caught with drugs, they got tossed. . .i'm guessing they all found some place else to live. . .

 

[mrplunkey]

I have a question, not only for Douglas County, but for the entire state of Oregon. 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 they see fit. In order for me to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test, which I have no problem with.
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 go earn it for them?

Please understand, I have nothing against helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sit on their butt. Could you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?

Preemptive Karma: Urine Test for Public Assistance?

Yup. We should drug test for public assistance and for public education. Why would you fill a classroom half-full of kids on drugs? Teachers don't need that and the few students there to learn sure don't need that either.

 

[manny78]

Racist.

 

[Cutiebaby]

I have a question, not only for Douglas County, but for the entire state of Oregon. 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 they see fit. In order for me to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test, which I have no problem with.
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 go earn it for them?

Please understand, I have nothing against helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sit on their butt. Could you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?

Preemptive Karma: Urine Test for Public Assistance?

Agreed

 

[EnderJE]

Yup. We should drug test for public assistance and for public education. Why would you fill a classroom half-full of kids on drugs? Teachers don't need that and the few students there to learn sure don't need that either.

Don't forget the athletes too. And anyone else living on government assistance (roadwork, public transit, etc). Ah well, let's just test everyone.

I actually think you're on a good idea here. The only problem would be to label which drugs where bad. For example, I would ban steriods and punish those people as well as the drinkers.

 

[Lestat]

While we are at it.......Those on public assistance give up their right to vote

Yeah, may as well put them in labor camps while were at it. Fuck 'Em!

 

[Lestat]

I'd be for it if alcohol testing was included.

 

[SouthernLord]

Yeah, may as well put them in labor camps while were at it. Fuck 'Em!

LOL

This is the reaction I was hoping for. I think Redguru's signature sums this up well.