Florida Law: Pass drug test to qualify for welfare

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It was me, and it was a statement of fact, not an assumption. Don't worry, though, I'm not expecting you to understand, what with your crippling disability and all, but it's true. The hallmark of progressive politics is thinking you (or some government bureaucrat) knows better than anyone else, and should make law based on that... which is exactly what Lewk's doing when he says welfare monies should only be awarded to one arbitrary group of needy folks, and/or should only be spent on one arbitrary set of needs.

And you cropped my post. I said Whomever you quoted assumed it's a trap laid by "Progressives", which is patently false. If anyone is judging what's best for someone else's life, it's the New Republican. They're really just a modern version of the Moral Majority, though. They're the ones introducing intrusive legislation.

The new conservative politician (Republican) is passing laws to drug test welfare recipients, make it harder to register to vote, ban gays from marrying or serving in the military, limit abortion services--even with private insurance--also limit birth control access and sex ed, and slash gov't safety nets. Lewk belongs to that New Republican that's more Moral Majority than majority, content with intrusive laws that get up in everyone's bodies and behaviors, so long as they're made by "conservatives". In that world, Survival of the Fittest means to deprive and dictate, set vulnerable people up for failure, then throw them in jail or fry 'em. Nice, huh.

Hey if you could create a test for cable TV and contraceptives...

Since I don't fully know how drug testing works I don't even know how it is feasible for tobacco and alcohol. My point is this: If your getting money from other tax payers you shouldn't be fritting it away, it should go towards survival. If you don't need it for survival (and you absolutely don't if you can afford to squander it on wants) then you shouldn't be getting it at all.

I'd see it as an incentive to get off the government dole. Now if they step out of line and start thieving or attacking others then just put them down like a rabid dogs. Society pays for their survival and they attack people? Yeah no fixing that kind of human filth.