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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Carolina Senate blocks testing themselves when passing welfare drug testing bill
In 35-15 vote largely along party lines, senators passed SB 594. A single Democrat voted for the bill, and no Republicans voted against it.
The bill requires those applying for benefits to pay for their own drug tests. Applicants who test negative would be eligible to have the costs of their tests reimbursed. The policy could cost the state more than $2.1 million.
At the same time, senators rejected an amendment offered by Democratic state Sen. Gladys Robinson that would have drug tested lawmakers, the governor and cabinet secretaries.
We receive state funds, we represent the law, we institute policy, Robinson told senators on Monday night. So, it should not be above any of us to submit to drug screening.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/23/north-carolina-senate-blocks-testing-themselves-when-passing-welfare-drug-testing-bill/
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)they want people applying for public assistance to pay for their own drug test? that's not only stupid and evil, it is cruel and nasty as well. and of course they bastards exempted themselves from testing...total hypocrites.
raccoon
(31,089 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)but these idiots are willing to throw money away on a program that costs more to administer than it saves!!!!
they'd rather throw money down the toilet than give it to people who need it. they are unfit for public office
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)"those people"
Triana
(22,666 posts)that don't even fucking EXIST.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)The bill requires those applying for benefits to pay for their own drug tests < ------- isn't that PENALIZING people simply for being POOR?
Triana
(22,666 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)than they save by denying poor people food and shelter.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)CERTAINLY NOT THAT
theaocp
(4,223 posts)negative results would BE ELIGIBLE for reimbursement. Why the fuck isn't that automatic, at least? And yes, that's a rhetorical question. Hey North Carolina! Get ready for an increase in crime! That's what you're going to get when you take away benefits and job training! Enjoy!
shawn703
(2,702 posts)Are in the pocket of the private prison industry anyway, so no skin off their nose.
dotymed
(5,610 posts)onethatcares
(16,131 posts)they found the average of 2% had some kind of drug in their system. Just like the rest of the citizenry. Here, prickscott supported the testing because his wife got her hands on Solantic, the company he owned but divested himself of, that did the testing.
Nope, no conflict of interest there at all.
Just follow the money as to who does the testing.
ProgressiveJarhead
(172 posts)purchases is untouchable? WTF is wrong with these assholes?
Skittles
(152,964 posts)GET WITH THE PROGRAM, PROGRESSIVEJARHEAD!!!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Especially GOPers.
barbaraj
(80 posts)guess that's one way to get them off the rolls. Now a child whose mom takes a puff now and then, maybe to ease her pain, can starve to death. Meanwhile the cocktails flow for the lawmakers. Really sickening
dotymed
(5,610 posts)They cannot afford insurance and most Dr.'s require up-front huge payments from them.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts).
spanone
(135,632 posts)chickenshits
dotymed
(5,610 posts)for a REVOLUTION. I mean America.
WE can be non-violent. WE know that "they" won't be, at first anyway. IMO, as WE increase the pressure and it spreads by word of mouth...all of the police are not militarized yet. Not ALL of the military would shoot their brothers and sisters.
If we could sustain a non-violent (on our part) revolution. We could expect many (suffering like us) converts to the cause. Many already are. They are mostly in the closet, they have no choice, yet.
I never wanted this for OUR country but we have no viable options.
I have resigned myself to the knowledge that another FDR will not be elected. Citizens United has made that impossible, so has our low intelligence citizenry. It is a fantasy if we believe our dire situation will change unless WE change it.
The citizens of the world have recognized this. People in other countries have been dying for justice. I volunteer. Put us short timers on the front lines. We can be cannon fodder like our poor kids have been for the last 12+ years. We don't need suicide vests. The more martyrs "they" create, the better for us.