January 25, 200818 yr http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080121/NEWS0103/801210363 http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/13943162.html What say you? My local state representative brought this to the table recently. Going in he knew it would most likely be shot down, but as he conveyed to us around here, it at least gets people talking and thinking about matters.
January 25, 200818 yr Can't a person going into college loose Pell Grant money due to drug convictions or charges? If that's going to be the case, I won't have an issue with it.
January 25, 200818 yr Not a political chance it goes through. Are you going to require drug testing for CEO's and board members of companies that receive what is lovingly called "corporate welfare."
January 25, 200818 yr Not a political chance it goes through. Are you going to require drug testing for CEO's and board members of companies that receive what is lovingly called "corporate welfare." Just what is this "corporate welfare" that you and others write about? By the way, I'm against basically all entitlement programs from the Govt (that's what families are for), so I don't have a problem with drug testing recepients at all.
January 25, 200818 yr I've heard of corporate welfare, but I have no idea what it means. Me, neither. I am not the person that uses it but just looking at the potential arguments that would be presented, I could see Democrat politicians railing on another program to attack the poor while money hand over fist is giving in the forms of tax breaks, subsidies, $$$ to corporations.
January 25, 200818 yr Author As Melvin was explaining to us, welfare recipients, on some level, are government employees receiving compensation. Why should other government employees be tested for their compensation?
January 25, 200818 yr As Melvin was explaining to us, welfare recipients, on some level, are government employees receiving compensation. Why should other government employees be tested for their compensation? School bus drivers are.
January 25, 200818 yr Author Me, neither. I am not the person that uses it but just looking at the potential arguments that would be presented, I could see Democrat politicians railing on another program to attack the poor while money hand over fist is giving in the forms of tax breaks, subsidies, $$$ to corporations. Most backlash has come from those claiming it is not fair to penalize the children; or, there should be better efforts to rehabilitate.
January 25, 200818 yr Author School bus drivers are.A good percentage of gov't employees are. I worded that sort of funny in the other post. I meant to say, "why should welfare recipients not be subject to drug testing if many government employees are?"
January 25, 200818 yr Most backlash has come from those claiming it is not fair to penalize the children; or, there should be better efforts to rehabilitate. Which opens up another can of worms. I think it should be mandatory, and if caught using, children taken away and parents or parent not allowed back on welfare.....EVER.
January 25, 200818 yr It's not opening a can of worms, IMO. Currently we're telling a lot of those kids that it's okay to sit on your rump and take drugs, we'll cover you. Obviously they're not getting it from home. I know it's not our responsibility to raise their kids but if we're paying for them, might as well... I understand that not all cases of welfare are like this but a lot are.
January 25, 200818 yr It's not opening a can of worms, IMO. Currently we're telling a lot of those kids that it's okay to sit on your rump and take drugs, we'll cover you. Obviously they're not getting it from home. I know it's not our responsibility to raise their kids but if we're paying for them, might as well... I understand that not all cases of welfare are like this but a lot are. It is not BUT this country will have to deal with the fallout of them not getting it at home. Either at the public schools (which is part of the reason they have gotten the reputation as ineffective), in the legal system or with future welfare recipients. People can take the position that it isn't their kids to raise, but you are going to have to deal with them somewhere at sometime.
January 25, 200818 yr It is not BUT this country will have to deal with the fallout of them not getting it at home. Either at the public schools (which is part of the reason they have gotten the reputation as ineffective), in the legal system or with future welfare recipients. People can take the position that it isn't their kids to raise, but you are going to have to deal with them somewhere at sometime. Yup...
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