Comments on: Making Drug Tests Required to be on Welfare? http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/ What the %&#$ is Wrong? Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:23:38 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Adrian http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Adrian Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:32:17 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-191 I've no problem with social systems or social help programs funded by taxpayer money, except that you eventually run out of everybody's money. People need help at one point or another in their lives, and sometimes people can't make it on their own steam due to various circumstances. If you needed help wouldn't you want help also? I’ve no problem with social systems or social help programs funded by taxpayer money, except that you eventually run out of everybody’s money. People need help at one point or another in their lives, and sometimes people can’t make it on their own steam due to various circumstances. If you needed help wouldn’t you want help also?

]]> By: Herbie Hancock http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Herbie Hancock Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:51:58 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-190 @Chris - Any proof to support your claims? You are obviously pulling your stats from somewhere. @Chris – Any proof to support your claims? You are obviously pulling your stats from somewhere.

]]> By: Chris http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Chris Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:51:38 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-189 Number One, there are more white people on wellfare than blacks and hispanics combined, so lets not make this a racial debate. With atleast 50% of wellfare recipients on drugs, we would knock atleast 30% of those off of wellfare with the first test. That in itself would cover the expense of testing. Over the next couple of weeks, you would see about 10-15% knocked off of wellfare. Now we have reduced nearly 45% of our wellfare cost just over a few weeks, that is HUGE! As for those who tested positive, Get help, clean up, grow up and play your part in a productive society. Number One, there are more white people on wellfare than blacks and hispanics combined, so lets not make this a racial debate.
With atleast 50% of wellfare recipients on drugs, we would knock atleast 30% of those off of wellfare with the first test. That in itself would cover the expense of testing. Over the next couple of weeks, you would see about 10-15% knocked off of wellfare.
Now we have reduced nearly 45% of our wellfare cost just over a few weeks, that is HUGE!
As for those who tested positive, Get help, clean up, grow up and play your part in a productive society.

]]> By: Kelli http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Kelli Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:47:38 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-147 The point I was trying to make, Mr. Levitt, is that arguing with a brick wall (or somebody with the debate skills of one) is futile. And your use of the term "nazi" when attacking me for pointing out your inability to follow simple writing rules only goes to point out just how blind to the nuances of the human condition you must be. Any work I do to argue my point will likely be lost on you. So I'm not bothering further. The point I was trying to make, Mr. Levitt, is that arguing with a brick wall (or somebody with the debate skills of one) is futile.

And your use of the term “nazi” when attacking me for pointing out your inability to follow simple writing rules only goes to point out just how blind to the nuances of the human condition you must be. Any work I do to argue my point will likely be lost on you. So I’m not bothering further.

]]> By: SaumZ http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-133 SaumZ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:20:47 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-133 Ok people.... You can argue with a little more civility than this. Mr. Levitt, I do have to agree with Kelli that proper grammar only makes you seem more credible, intelligent, and it makes people give your argument that much more respect. I know I am not the best at spelling and grammar, but at least I make an effort. Ok people….

You can argue with a little more civility than this.

Mr. Levitt, I do have to agree with Kelli that proper grammar only makes you seem more credible, intelligent, and it makes people give your argument that much more respect.

I know I am not the best at spelling and grammar, but at least I make an effort.

]]> By: Jack Black http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Jack Black Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:57:44 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-132 Well now.. look what we have here.... 1) Not caring about education? check 2) Bashing Obama for no real reason? check 3) Linking to the doldrums of the right wing blogosphere? check Looks like we have ourselves a grade A teabagger. Let me guess... you're from the bible belt? Well now.. look what we have here….

1) Not caring about education? check
2) Bashing Obama for no real reason? check
3) Linking to the doldrums of the right wing blogosphere? check

Looks like we have ourselves a grade A teabagger. Let me guess… you’re from the bible belt?

]]> By: Jack Levitt http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Jack Levitt Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:03:48 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-131 Food for thought , Ms. Arrogant. This is the internet. Nobody cares about you grammar Nazi types. Heil Spell-check! 3rd Webster! and all that non-sense. Oh, and you responded to that statement, so you just contradicted yourself. Stop pretending you're better than everyone else , because guess what, you're not. Food for thought , Ms. Arrogant. This is the internet. Nobody cares about you grammar Nazi types. Heil Spell-check! 3rd Webster! and all that non-sense. Oh, and you responded to that statement, so you just contradicted yourself. Stop pretending you’re better than everyone else , because guess what, you’re not.

]]> By: Kelli http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Kelli Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:00:07 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-129 Jack Levitt, I'm not even going to bother responding to such an imbecilic statement if you can't even be bothered to learn to spell "amendment" or "WEIGHT". Or learn the definition of "sovereign". Or read anything that isn't completely funded by right-wing interest. Show me the same article written by an actual journalist and then maybe we can talk. Or better yet, take a political science course and learn to think for yourself about these topics. Your response is ridiculous and untrue. And quoting "news sources" that are simply internet blogs written by conspiracy theorists is what holds no "WEIGHT". Go back to English class, please. Jack Levitt, I’m not even going to bother responding to such an imbecilic statement if you can’t even be bothered to learn to spell “amendment” or “WEIGHT”. Or learn the definition of “sovereign”. Or read anything that isn’t completely funded by right-wing interest. Show me the same article written by an actual journalist and then maybe we can talk. Or better yet, take a political science course and learn to think for yourself about these topics.

Your response is ridiculous and untrue. And quoting “news sources” that are simply internet blogs written by conspiracy theorists is what holds no “WEIGHT”.

Go back to English class, please.

]]> By: Jack Levitt http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Jack Levitt Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:44:58 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-128 Ammendment rights? Hrmm.. that may hold some wait if we as a country were a sovereign nation. But that just simply isn't the case anymore. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94331 Obama has pissed on our constitution. Ammendment rights? Hrmm.. that may hold some wait if we as a country were a sovereign nation. But that just simply isn’t the case anymore. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94331
Obama has pissed on our constitution.

]]> By: Kelli http://wtfiswrong.com/2010/01/making-drug-tests-required-to-be-on-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Kelli Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:17:53 +0000 http://wtfiswrong.com/?p=155#comment-125 Guys, welfare is not parole. Parole is not welfare. You cannot take a person's 14th amendment rights away just because they are impoverished. You may not like it, but that's fact. This gets down to the matter of conservatives wanting to control the behavior of those they deem "beneath them", and nothing else. You want to expose welfare abuse, why dig into corporate welfare recipients? There are far more injustices there than you'll find in low-income neighborhoods. This is ignorance, and people shouldn't stand for it. Guys, welfare is not parole. Parole is not welfare. You cannot take a person’s 14th amendment rights away just because they are impoverished. You may not like it, but that’s fact.

This gets down to the matter of conservatives wanting to control the behavior of those they deem “beneath them”, and nothing else.

You want to expose welfare abuse, why dig into corporate welfare recipients? There are far more injustices there than you’ll find in low-income neighborhoods.

This is ignorance, and people shouldn’t stand for it.

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