Should be the law in every state. Fail drug test, no welfare of any kind
til you pass several consecutive drug tests. No recoup back welfare payments
either.
<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> Florida Bill to
Test Welfare Applicants for Drugs Becomes
Law<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/florida-bill-to-test-welfare-applicants-for-drugs-becomes-law/>
*Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | June 1,
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Hooray for the state government in Florida!
Yesterday, May 31, 2011, Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law which will
require welfare applicants to undergo drug testing.
CBSMiami.com
reports<http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/05/31/gov-scott-signs-welfare-drug-testing-into-law/?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4de59ecd2316e641%2C0>
that Florida Republicans said the measure was needed because if taxpayers
are screened at their place of employment, so should welfare recipients.
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Florida
Gov. Rick Scott
The welfare drug testing bill was a priority for Republican Gov. Rick
Scott<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott>,
a 58-year-old Navy vet and business executive before he entered politics in
2010. He said, “While there are certainly legitimate needs for public
assistance, it is unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction.
This new law will encourage personal accountability and will help to prevent
the misuse of tax dollars.”
The bill also requires that those who apply for welfare must pay for the
drug testing out of their own pockets. However, the cost would be reimbursed
if the person passes the drug test.
Challenges to the bill are sure to be launched. A similar law requiring
random drug testing of Welfare recipients was passed in Michigan in 1999,
only to be stopped by an activist judge a mere 5 weeks later. An appeals
court ruled it unconstitutional after a four-year legal battle.
H/t beloved fellow Tina!
*~Eowyn*
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