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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: kmitch200 on June 03, 2011, 08:04:52 PM
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Florida governor signs welfare drug-screen measure
Saying it is "unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction," Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday signed legislation requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening.
"Governor Scott's new drug testing law is not only an affront to families in need and detrimental to our nation's ongoing economic recovery, it is downright unconstitutional," said Rep. Alcee Hastings.
Rep. Corrine Brown said the tests "represent an extreme and illegal invasion of personal privacy."
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-01/politics/florida.welfare.drug.testing_1_drug-testing-drug-screening-tanf?_s=PM:POLITICS
Want privacy? GET OFF YOUR ASS AND GET OFF WELFARE!!
I really, really hope this catches on nationwide. I would rather see welfare money going to those that truly need it, rather than generations of leeches that do nothing but breed. I had to take drug tests while working and getting taxed to pay for losers party funds.
The idiots would call the fire dept and say, "He dun had a 'lectrical fit." No dumbass, that's a cocaine overdose!
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Love it. Wish they did that over here. :)
I might post that on very liberal it forum I am on to stir up a bit. Seeings a lot of them want to legalize dope.
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Love it. Wish they did that over here. :)
I might post that on very liberal it forum I am on to stir up a bit. Seeings a lot of them want to legalize dope.
You should support them on that, it will save more tax dollars than any welfare reform. But don't use your tax money to pay for it.
FQ13
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Great idea, combine that with proof of citizenship and the welfare roles should shrink considerably.
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Great idea, combine that with proof of citizenship and the welfare roles should shrink considerably.
I'd settle for the second and I'm happy. I'd rather support an American's weed habit than any illegal who shouldn't be here in first place. Why is it so hard to require proof of citizenship when applying for a DL, public assistance, or after being booked in jail? There is no discrimination and all three are voluntary (more or less). This should be a no brainer.
FQ13
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I'd settle for the second and I'm happy. I'd rather support an American's weed habit than any illegal who shouldn't be here in first place. Why is it so hard to require proof of citizenship when applying for a DL, public assistance, or after being booked in jail? There is no discrimination and all three are voluntary (more or less). This should be a no brainer.
FQ13
I can only speak on what I have seen in the past that was going on directly in my area, but around here illegals (and for the most part, even the legal immigrants of Hispanic background) were/are a cash-cow for the local legal system (not to mention wal-mart ;D ).
If you take our local paper and check the police postings, you will usually find around 90% Hispanic names, and of those, nearly all are for the same infractions: DUI, reckless driving, driving without insurance, unregistered vehicle, no valid license, expired (or wrong) tag, etc. For years the general routine was arrest them, bond them out, and hope they appear to stand before the local Magistrate in traffic court. If they do show up, depending on the list of charges, a hefty fine was levied (I once sat in court and witnessed a $5000 fine levied against a guy who couldn't speak a lick of English and required a court-appointed interpreter) to which the majority have the CASH on them and can pay it on the spot. Then they walk out the front door and promptly begin using a different name and are free to commit again. Several years ago a LEO friend of mine told me of one guy who had been nabbed on several occasions for the same offenses and had paid over $10,000 in fines and was still on the street.
Now, this was the way things were done in the past, but with all the new laws regarding illegals in Georgia, and the heat getting turned up, I think the old "catch & release" program has slowed considerably.
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Up here it's Blacks and Hispanics, "previously of (insert town ) Mass" usually drugs.
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I might post that on very liberal it forum I am on to stir up a bit. Seeings a lot of them want to legalize dope.
I don't have a problem with legalizing drugs. The "war on drugs" is a huge waste of time, money and freedom.
As long as they are illegal though, BUY YOUR OWN and don't make taxpayers pay for it.
Got the munchies after smoking a fatty that welfare bought for you? No problem, we'll pay for your Oreos too. >:(
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I don't have a problem with legalizing drugs. The "war on drugs" is a huge waste of time, money and freedom.
As long as they are illegal though, BUY YOUR OWN and don't make taxpayers pay for it.
Got the munchies after smoking a fatty that welfare bought for you? No problem, we'll pay for your Oreos too. >:(
Dude, that's classic stuff right there. ;)
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Dude, that's classic stuff right there. ;)
;D +1
I was laughing on that one to. ;D
If they legalize dope they can tax it! WHY NOT!? Use the money off drug taxs to fix social security, so I can get back some of the money I've been forced to throw into that bottomless pit!!!
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I have no problem with legalizing drugs since you can find a Doctor to prescribe all kinds of mind altering drugs that are as bad or worse. Just make sure that the rest of us don't pay for it in higher costs. Legalizing drugs in this country would create a new problem, if you take the profit out, what source of revenue will the suppliers and dealers move to? When the Communists stopped funding Central American bandits they turned to kidnapping and I don't see dealers competing with the Arabs to manage convenience stores.
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Gangs of ethnic teens selling encyclopedias and vacuum cleaners ? ;D
Perhaps many would, as with the end of Prohibition, turn to legitimate business like Kennedy, Coors, and Busch.
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Gangs of ethnic teens selling encyclopedias and vacuum cleaners ? ;D
Perhaps many would, as with the end of Prohibition, turn to legitimate business like Kennedy, Coors, and Busch.
Tom is right here. Miami Vice aside, most drug dealers are entrepreneurial blue collar guys. The Washington Post did a study a few years back on DC's drug dealers (via prison interviews). Most of them made less than $15K a year on their dealing and used it to support a low paying straight job. Those a bit higher up the food chain were still making around $50K or less. These are guys that would cheerfully work a legal job if they could open the the local pot shop. Even if they couldn't, their source of income would be gone. Who wants to do a deal with a thug in an alley if all you need to do is go to your local package store? Here's proof. Look at the number of alcohol dealers shooting each other two years before prohibition, during prohibition and two years after prohibition. Any questions?
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