badchad said:

That program was discontinued because such a small percentage of people tested positive, it wasn't cost effective.  LINKY.

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Prisoner#1 said:

JoieDeVivre said:

That's such a fucking lie made up by the pigs to make drugs and poor people seem worse. Eat that shit up, don't forget that acid gets stuck in your spinal cord too!

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are you saying that people dont spend welfare/foodstamp money on drugs?

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badchad said:

The salient point of the article, was that it appears that under 5% of welfare recipients were/are drug users.  At least in the state of Florida.

As far as overall cost effectiveness is concerned, you're assuming several things:  1.  The cost of the test.  2.  That a failed test results in loss of benefits for an entire year (e.g., rather than a loss until a "clean" result is provided), and 3. The amount of benefits a person receives.

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Az0th said:

All my money to weed goes on the 2nd week and last week of the month, but I work.

People on welfare don't buy weed. They trade food stamps /EBT money for drugs/alcohol.

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Around here anyway people do sell their EBT cards for whatever. They normally sell them for pennies on the dollar cause, hey, it's not their money, right ?

Sometimes crooked stores get in on the action too. There was a store owner around here recently that bought EBT cards for pennies on the dollar, went to a Costco like store, then bought items to resell for a profit.

Murph said:

So you want to take away poor peoples cars too? You sir are a gentleman and a patriot.

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Prisoner#1 said:

the point of the article was to mislead us into believing it cost more than it
would save to drg test welfare recipients,

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The article provided the numbers and laid out its case that indeed, drug testing cost more than it saved. 

There are more complex analyses when you consider the result of cutting someone off of the federal tit.  What do these people end up doing as a result?  Maybe they get jobs and become contributing members of society.  Maybe people start robbing and mugging people.  Maybe women start whoring themselves and spreading HIV everywhere. 

There are plenty of scenarios where it could cost a lot more, or a lot less when providing for the drudges of society.

Prisoner#1 said:

JoieDeVivre said:

That's such a fucking lie made up by the pigs to make drugs and poor people seem worse. Eat that shit up, don't forget that acid gets stuck in your spinal cord too!

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are you saying that people dont spend welfare/foodstamp money on drugs?

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k00laid said:

i spent a large portion of my unemployment benefits on drugs.

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setb said:

Murph said:

So you want to take away poor peoples cars too? You sir are a gentleman and a patriot.

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Perhaps they should get a job and perhaps they should manage their money better. They should also learn the difference between "needs" and "wants". There is nothing patriotic or gentlemanly about leeching off your neighbors.

If they're doing things like buying new cars and going on vacations. According to the state people were are spending welfare money in nail/hair salons and even in places like Vegas. I wish I could go to Vegas.

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Murph said:

So you want to take away poor peoples cars too? You sir are a gentleman and a patriot.

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Lmao

koods said:

Prisoner#1 said:

JoieDeVivre said:

That's such a fucking lie made up by the pigs to make drugs and poor people seem worse. Eat that shit up, don't forget that acid gets stuck in your spinal cord too!

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are you saying that people dont spend welfare/foodstamp money on drugs?

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Are suggesting that weed is not a legitimate expense?

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ch1ck3n.s0up said:

I saw a show once on the patterns of weed buying. The cops said that most of the shit moves at the beginning of the month--because that's when welfare checks go out.

Now, this is pure, uncut, unadulterated bullshit.

The working class is not paying taxes to support the drug habits of the people that don't work.

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TheHydrogenBomb said:

do you know how much % actually goes to welfare?

,and how much goes to military?

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zappaisgod said:

The working class is by and large not paying taxes.

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The24HourMC said:

Money is money who cares where it comes from.

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Something as small a that doesn't personally effect you say to day so why do you insist on bothering those people?

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Maybe that weed is all they got to get trough ?

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The amount of money the government gives you to live on is pathetic.

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I've sold my food stamps many many many times in exchange for the cash.  I've always spent half on weed and half on other things like toothpaste and clothes.  And most of the people who get those checks for that reason smoke crack anyway , not weed.

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Shroomopotamus said:

I use'd to know people who would use those poor people money card things at grocery stores to buy other people groceries & get their cash to buy weed.

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