And if we can recoup 10% of the money going towards public assistance, that could help pay for even more books. From what the local papers are reporting, the delegate who proposed the bill has gotten quite a bit of positive feedback from the public.
I admit its not prefect. But, I am OK with the bill if what I have read is accurate. Sorry, but I don't buy the argument that we should not try to right a wrong because we may need to spend some money. Hell, if that was the case, we should not have police or jails. Think of all thebooks we could buy then. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:290968 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
