Music to my ears, thank you.

People who use drugs do not go to jail for using them. Selling, distributing, go to jail. If you are caught using it you will receive a ticket.

Ditto

The welfare thing is not so different from state to state that it allows more than 5 years benefits for a lifetime because when I worked for the department we counted the months they were receiving in another state against their five year limit.

Second, disability is not easy to get on at all at any level so this statement is completely false. As with any program there can be scammers but it is not common or everyday and a doctor helped them scam if it happens so we need to address the doctor severely.

Read what Dragoness said.

It is not a humane thing to do to rob people, even if the money is spent on a humane cause.

Besides, where do you think employers get the money from and do you think they are doing it voluntarily?

The test should be paid by the recipients of welfare, and without any increase of their checks accordingly.

1. she has been doing it for OVER 5 years. Maybe she slipped through the cracks. I don't know

2. I do know people on disability that aren't disabled. there are several on it for depression but they don't take meds and can function just fine. it is not false. i know what i am talking about and have reported them but nothing ever came out of it. my sister is disabled and bed ridden...i know what she went through to get it. so i am aware of the process. but a lot get through because of crooked doctors...in those cases...it is easy

Did you read this, Nogames? The family of four with $463 a month to live on should pay for urine tests? Punish them even more for being poor?

Do employees that take them pay for them? No.

If you were a parent that lost their job or became disabled, or lost their spouse, you might feel differently.

I have to admit that many angles regarding this issue have been touched upon, in such a short amount of time as well. I can only imagine what could be possible if a 'think tank'(that is not the terminology I would like to use) of those who desire a better outcome within their lives without state or gov't money needed to be used.
I just constantly find myself frustrated with those blind to the obvious and prefer to point fingers.
We all have flaws! Are there any humans with heart willing to understand a situation that is unfamiliar anymore?

for the record...i am speaking about what I KNOW and have seen. i'm not talking about the entire country. there are people who need it and people that abuse it. it happens and i would love for some kind of better screening for any government help

The humane thing to do when dealing with a living being is not always the best thing to do??? The HUMANE thing to do is not always the best thing to do with other humans???

Oh yea, the joy of the experience to be so down on your luck with no family to help you having to grovel at the welfare department for a dime, which is all they get, nothing, to live off of and feed their children and then have them get told they need to fork over half of their money for a drug test because the prejudice in this country think all poor people want to sit on their asses and collect the other people's money.

I hope you never have to be in this situation, I really do.

What happened to the empathy of the struggle people endure? What happened to the consideration of others lives being different from our own but understanding that the fight they go through is legitimate and worthy of tolerance?

Why hasn't this racist philosophy of the poor (being mostly minorities which is not always true) is the downfall of this country gone with the knowledge that hatefulness is not a productive way to live?

If you listen and understand the meaning behind these messages you will realize that the motive behind the taught message is that one of hatred and ignorance.

One or two of your knowledge, which is very limited because you do not know their diagnosis, you are making a prejudgement without all the knowledge, does not equate "alot" by any standards. You want to be prejudice so you are. My opinion here of course.

Just for argument sake what is the difference between having your money taken by those who do not have to held accountable for how they spend your money to those who receive your money from the aforementioned?

you have NO clue who I know and how close I have been to them. I KNOW what I'm talking about. you don't know what i know or how many i know. you don't know where i've worked...people i know or anything. in fact i know an entire family (extended members and everything) that brag about conning the system. they are under investigation now because they bragged to the wrong person. and that is only a drop in the bucket of what i know. until you know anything about who i am...DON'T tell me what i know and don't know

You do not know their diagnosis, no matter how much you protest. If you know abusers of the system you need to report them and let the government take care of it.

If you are in on their diagnosis you would have to be their caretaker and legally able to know it, which would make you just as guilty as they are, right?

I don't believe it and I have that right. Sorry if that makes you mad or offends you as it is not my intent.

I did not understand what you meant here, sorry

Lady...I don't know who you think you are. you have no clue. I do know the diagnosis. and I have reported it to the proper people. you don't know what i do for a living or who i know. believe what you want. your opinion doesn't matter to me...but I will NOT be called a liar from someone that is clueless about who i am

This thread is about to lose its reality in terms of a 360 degree view in terms of lives. Ahhh so much politics and so few people with time to understand

I only used a FEW examples of family members. don't think that's all i base anything on

It's cool as long as you understand my right to not believe you then we are great. Have a wonderful night