it might seem that way, but if the state of West Virginia can spend 3.70*(number of welfare recipients) to test everyone on welfare for drugs, then it ought to have textbooks in its schools, is pretty much my thought..... I mean! I don't know how apparent this is from Harper's Ferry, but West Virginia has some pretty serious problems and even in Martinsburg I was only on the edge of them. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The bill in question was submitted ot the WV state legislature for > consideration. IN some articels over the last few days, one of the drg > testing programs they are looking at costs $3.70 per test. That seems like > a bargain for me. It also allows peopel to get cleaned up. If you fail a > drug test a second time within 30 or 60 days ( i cannot remember whihc) you > lose your benefits and cannot apply again for 2 years. I am actaulyl OK > with > this. Its not like they say if you fail once, you lose. They do give the > people a chance. > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Using your assumption or 10%).... I would say that 10% of all the > > money currently distributed would be more than enough to conduct drug > > testing. Probably actually would take way less than 10% of the total > > welfare budget though - resulting in a potentially significant tax > > savings. > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > if you have money for drug testing, don't you have money for more > > > constructive purposes? That's my point. Let's assume that as much as > 10% > > of > > > the population on social services uses drugs. It may be higher in > > pockets, > > > but personally I think the number is high. But it makes the math easier > > so > > > let's use it. How are you going to avoid accusations of discrimiation > or > > > racial profiling? Are you going to test everybody? If so how much will > > that > > > cost? What will be the opportunity cost of that expenditure? Will the > > > expenditure do more harm than good > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290967 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
