What Are Your Thoughts: Mandatory Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients

 

In Florida, as of July 1st, any adult applying for State/Federal aid will have to take and pass an illegal drug screening, at their own cost, before receiving their funds.

As of now their are two main arguments but I want to get everyday peoples thoughts on this matter. A few key points:

Families who paid and did not test positive for drugs will be reimbursed the funds they spent

Testing Positive does not disqualify you from receiving funds, you will simply have to name another person, who tests clean, and will agree to take responsibility for the Benefits.

Those who disagree feel that requiring drug tests on people, without probable cause, receiving governmental aid will inevitably spread to anyone receiving Financial Aid or Grants up to and including college students, science labs and elected officials.

On the other side, People for this revision feel like people are abusing the Food Stamp assistance to receive funds and trade them for cash for drugs while the kids suffer further with no progress for the families.

I want to know how you all feel about this Law that has been enacted as a Drug Deterrent and if it is worth the precedence set allowing the invasion of privacy to tax paying citizens.

Full Article: http://on.cnn.com/jkYUOm

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Proposition 23: Jobs Or Health

Have you guys heard of what's going on in Sacramento?

In Nov there is a vote going on to suspend a bill (Global Warming Act of 2006) that voted to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions back to the levels of 1990 by 2020. That is an INCREDIBLE accomplishment with all the industrialization that has occurred in the last 3 decades. Right now Sacramento is one of the Top 5 cleanest cities in the US and they aimed to created 100,000 new "Green" Jobs in promoting a better Health Living Environment to its citizens and the Smog free landscape the Local Governments are proud of. So why is this being brought up for debate?

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Justification in Hypocrisy?

How do you feel about Hypocrites? Seriously, take 10seconds and say out loud what you really think about people who give advice they can't take and make rules they don't follow. Got it? Now apply all of that feeling toward yourself because there's at least a 99% chance you are a Hypocrite too. Most of you probably just IMMEDIATELY disagreed then made an excuse as to why it's okay when you do it... Ironic huh? Lets go through a few examples...

 

Death Penalty vs Commandments

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Park51 (Mosque at Ground Zero)

Now I have to admit the 1st time I heard "Mosque at Ground Zero", as someone whose father worked in the Twin Towers, I almost flipped out out of Pure Ignorance... but once educating myself I was able to be more understanding. Moral: There are 3 Sides to Every Story, What He Said, What She Said and the Truth.

Controversies

1) "Mosque At Ground Zero"

How the heck you going to make a place for Religious Worship at the site where people of that faith killed thousands of people? It seems as if it is a tribute to their Accomplishment.

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The Oscar Grant Story...

For those of who have not heard of a man named Oscar Grant, he was a 22year old African American who was partying with his friends on New Years in 2009 in Oakland, CA and while handcuffed, face down on the pavement, with three cops on his back, he was shot and killed by a 28year old Police Officer with 2years on the force who "mistakenly" grabbed his Gun instead of Tazer. 

Can You Tell The Difference?

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