Louisiana House Votes to Mandate Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by southern151

It will never pass. It will somehow violate their civil rights. Here's the logic they will use and it will be effective...If the people trying to pass this law don't have to take a drug test, why should we(welfare recipients)? I agree with the logic in the aspect of politicians should be drug tested too! If we did that, their would be a lot of them off the "system" as well.

As far as I am concerned, a politician is nothing more than a welfare recipient in a 3 piece suit!

Here's some logic for them. If I gotta take a drug test numerous times a year to barely make a living and pay 1/3 of my income to taxes which pays their way through life, they should have to pass a drug test to get the "right" to free money.
It's pretty sad that I can't afford a new truck but they can afford Escalades and Navigators on ugly *** expensive rims and tv's in the headrests. It's very simple, if you need government assistance no problem but if you can afford the finer things in life like $50,000 vehicles you need to get your *** to work and quit being a bum.

[southern151]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

Here's some logic for them. If I gotta take a drug test numerous times a year to barely make a living and pay 1/3 of my income to taxes which pays their way through life, they should have to pass a drug test to get the "right" to free money.
It's pretty sad that I can't afford a new truck but they can afford Escalades and Navigators on ugly *** expensive rims and tv's in the headrests. It's very simple, if you need government assistance no problem but if you can afford the finer things in life like $50,000 vehicles you need to get your *** to work and quit being a bum.

Ross, I agree completely! I've been on jobs where I've had to take 5 drug tests in 6 weeks!! It is infuriating to say the least! On top of those drug tests, I was having to pay near $1300/wk to their BS! It makes me sick and I'd love for them to reform the welfare system but drug tests are just the beginning!...

They should axe the use of these cards at gas stations and on "cold drinks", candy bars, $.99 bags of chips, boiled crawfish, crab legs and a number of other "goods" that those who work only can afford once in a great while. They should set it up more like the WIC program, that is widely abused too! At least that way, they only get to get certain, neccessity items! They should also do like the unemployment division, where they have to go out and seek employment. Do most of these folks actually look for a job in a serious manner?...No but, at least it gets em off the dang couch!

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Originally Posted by southern151

Ross, I agree completely! I've been on jobs where I've had to take 5 drug tests in 6 weeks!! It is infuriating to say the least! On top of those drug tests, I was having to pay near $1300/wk to their BS! It makes me sick and I'd love for them to reform the welfare system but drug tests are just the beginning!...

They should axe the use of these cards at gas stations and on "cold drinks", candy bars, $.99 bags of chips, boiled crawfish, crab legs and a number of other "goods" that those who work only can afford once in a great while. They should set it up more like the WIC program, that is widely abused too! At least that way, they only get to get certain, neccessity items! They should also do like the unemployment division, where they have to go out and seek employment. Do most of these folks actually look for a job in a serious manner?...No but, at least it gets em off the dang couch!

Agreed! Assistance should be given for 3 months, pending a drug test, and if at the end of the 3 months you dont have a job....TOUGH!
If we could put the welfare recipients to work, we could stop hiring so many illegal immigrants.

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck

Agreed! Assistance should be given for 3 months, pending a drug test, and if at the end of the 3 months you dont have a job....TOUGH!
If we could put the welfare recipients to work, we could stop hiring so many illegal immigrants.

sad thing is I think I'd rather work with them, even if they don't speak my language.. At least they GET to work!

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by southern151

Ross, I agree completely! I've been on jobs where I've had to take 5 drug tests in 6 weeks!! It is infuriating to say the least! On top of those drug tests, I was having to pay near $1300/wk to their BS! It makes me sick and I'd love for them to reform the welfare system but drug tests are just the beginning!...

They should axe the use of these cards at gas stations and on "cold drinks", candy bars, $.99 bags of chips, boiled crawfish, crab legs and a number of other "goods" that those who work only can afford once in a great while. They should set it up more like the WIC program, that is widely abused too! At least that way, they only get to get certain, neccessity items! They should also do like the unemployment division, where they have to go out and seek employment. Do most of these folks actually look for a job in a serious manner?...No but, at least it gets em off the dang couch!

You are right, they should AT LEAST set it up to something similar as that. My g/f used to work at super one, and she'd have customers with $1700/month food stamp cards and she'd watch them drive out in a mercedes.

I don't think i could buy 1700 dollars worth of food a month if i tried. I definitely couldn't eat it all.

Its a ****ed up program for sure. My g/f also said that, "food stamp recepients" would buy steaks for their dogs, instead of dog food, because you can't buy dog food with FS cards. I wish I could remember half the stories she'd tell me, but I know every last one of y'alls jaws would hit the floor.

Some ppl would come in with 2 basket fulls of groceries and then only have $50 on their card, and when she'd tell them they couldn't get everything, they'd look at her with a question mark on their face like "why not?!"

Just plain dummies......

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by southern151

Ross, I agree completely! I've been on jobs where I've had to take 5 drug tests in 6 weeks!! It is infuriating to say the least! On top of those drug tests, I was having to pay near $1300/wk to their BS! It makes me sick and I'd love for them to reform the welfare system but drug tests are just the beginning!...

They should axe the use of these cards at gas stations and on "cold drinks", candy bars, $.99 bags of chips, boiled crawfish, crab legs and a number of other "goods" that those who work only can afford once in a great while. They should set it up more like the WIC program, that is widely abused too! At least that way, they only get to get certain, neccessity items! They should also do like the unemployment division, where they have to go out and seek employment. Do most of these folks actually look for a job in a serious manner?...No but, at least it gets em off the dang couch!

I know you do, wasn't taking a shot at you or anything. This stuff just really pisses me off.
It should definitely be set up like the WIC where they are only allowed certain things and it's not the more expensive items but it's the cheap stuff.

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

I know you do, wasn't taking a shot at you or anything. This stuff just really pisses me off.
It should definitely be set up like the WIC where they are only allowed certain things and it's not the more expensive items but it's the cheap stuff.

and you can only buy so much of that product per month.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

Here's some logic for them. If I gotta take a drug test numerous times a year to barely make a living and pay 1/3 of my income to taxes which pays their way through life, they should have to pass a drug test to get the "right" to free money.
It's pretty sad that I can't afford a new truck but they can afford Escalades and Navigators on ugly *** expensive rims and tv's in the headrests. It's very simple, if you need government assistance no problem but if you can afford the finer things in life like $50,000 vehicles you need to get your *** to work and quit being a bum.

Amen brother! I almost lost it the other night. Went to walmart for the first time in a long time. Had a lady in front of me with a basket FULL of steaks and other expensive meat. Payed for it with food stamps and walked to her new escalade. Funny thing is the last time I went to wal mart I saw the exact same thing....might have even been the same lady.