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update: rick scott039s drug testing poor people law
Bookmarked 731 weeks ago welfare and drug testingsignalling as policysep 2nd 2011 by jf atlantaearlier this summer i wrote about florida039s plan to start drug testing welfare recipients the rationale provided by rick scott florida039s governor was simple: the state should not have to subsidise drug use nothing wrong with that right i mean does anyone want to argue that the state should subsidise illegal-drug use leaving aside of course the inanity of america039s drug policy the questionable consitutionality of mr scott039s plan and the range of privacy issues opened up by suspicionless drug-testing i thought not mr scott also promised the plan would save the state money since anyone who failed the test would be kicked off the welfare rolls for a year the rationale behind that reasoning was unspoken and much nastier: people on welfare use drugs after all if mr scott really did not want to give florida039s money to people who used drugs then surely everyone who received state funds including private-sector workers who get state contracts should have been tested right important to note here that mr scott has already proposed drug-testing state employees quarterly at the state039s expense i wrote it then and i039ll say it again: if he really is a fan of limited government he has a funny way of showing it but florida has a 36 billion shortfall in this year039s budget and if kicking junkies off the welfare rolls would save some cash well i guess if the belt fits then tighten it or somethingso how are those projected savings coming badly it turns out since testing began in mid-july just two percent of welfare applicants have tested positive by way of comparison the 2009 national survey on drug use and health put the rate of illicit-drug use among the general public at 87 another two percent are not completing welfare applications putting the pass rate at 96 the state expects between 1000 and 1500 people to take the test each month at a cost of 30 per testa cost borne by the state for applicants who pass at the current rate of failure the state will save a grand total of 40800 to 98400 out of a welfare program that will cost an estimated 178m this year and it may in fact turn out to be less than that: if applicants who fail one drug test successfully complete a drug-treatment program they can reapply for benefitsnow of course nobody knows how many people decided not to apply for benefit because of the drug tests and it still is less than two months into the program perhaps the junkies come out in autumn perhaps they have moved to other states perhaps there was some massive liberaltarian urine-switching scam designed to trick florida into paying for poor people039s drug habits whatever the reason the promised savings have not appeared but perhaps saving money was never really the point of the program recall rick perry039s stammering defence of abstinence as the best way to reduce teen pregnancies even after empirical evidence showed that it was not in fact particularly good at reducing teen pregnancies in that case it039s hard to argue with paul waldman039s conclusion that mr perry039s preference for abstinence was about signalling more than results teenagers should not be having sex and if those who do get pregnant or get diseases well serves them right that039s their punishment similarly perhaps the point of the drug-testing program was for florida039s government to signal its disapproval of poor people using drugs and if it took a massive government intrusion into people039s lives establishing a precedent for suspicionless drug testing on an entire class of people and paying to defend themselves against lawsuits filed by civil-liberties groups to do that so be ithttp:wwweconomistcomblogsdemocracyinamerica201109welfare-and-drug-testingpage=2non-profit activism no copyright infringement intended |
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santorum: health care disrespects those who fought at normandy
Bookmarked 767 weeks ago more at c-spanorg |
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nd congressman rick berg on medicare funding
Bookmarked 772 weeks ago berg answers questions at bismarck nd town hall meeting april 26 2011 |
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full speech rick perry at cpac fires up the crowd saying we should look to red state govenrors
Bookmarked 623 weeks ago rick perry sounds like he is running in 2016 he fired up the crowd this morning at cpac 2014 and said we should look to red state governors for real change rather that the federal government |
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chris brown feat usher amp rick ross - new flame explicit version
Bookmarked 600 weeks ago new flame featuring usher ampamp rick ross available nowitunes: http:smarturlitnewflameiqid=ytamazon: http:smarturlitnewflameamiqid=ytmusic video by chris brown feat usher ampamp rick ross performing new flame c 2014 rca records a division of sony music entertainment |
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grayson on gov rick scott: the blood will be on his hands
Bookmarked 709 weeks ago alan grayson slams florida governor rick scott and other southern republican governors for refusing to implement the medicare expansion included in the affordable care act grayson made the comments on viewpoint with eliot spitzer on current tv on july 11 2012 |
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whacko-tv slap the monkey two
Bookmarked 739 weeks ago once again the whacko-tv game department has renewed the contract for one of our best game shows slap the monkey catch the antics of cecil rathbone our host and the unusual guests: presidential hopeful hal hitler federal prisoner rufus t and the ever outrageous bobby ganoosh see it now and play along at home |
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whacko-tv the bain of our existence
Bookmarked 735 weeks ago so far the presidential primary season has been filled with excitement well that is if you like vile opinions vitriolic speeches and vacuous statements whacko-tv put the full force of its news team on duty for new hampshire insurrection twenty twelve as we call it is a bent look at straight men trying to win the nomination of the republican party we spared no expense and were not underwritten by any super pac that we know of we are on our way to south carolina now for some low country barbeque until then enjoy the recap |
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stephen king at awake the state rally in sarasota 3811
Bookmarked 779 weeks ago a surprise visit and speech by stephen king at the awake the state rally in sarasota pardon the horrible video quality the camera was pointing into the sun and i was keeping an eye on my toddling toddler while trying to capture video but still the message comes through loud and clear |
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rick springfield quothuman touchquot batman 1989 joker
Bookmarked 842 weeks ago batman 1989 jack nicholson as the jokervideo by the lovely satanisteileen whose yt account is now closedrick springfield music video:http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=yo0utu2ultieverybody039s talking to computersthey039re all dancing to a drum machinei know i039m living on the outsidescared of getting caught betweeni039m so cool and calculated alone in the modern world-uh huhbut sally has a hard time holding backthe alley to her heart is a beaten trackshe039s got the love monkey riding on her backchorus:we all need the human touchwe all need the human touchi need it the human touchwe all need the human touchwe all need it and i need it tooyou know i got my walls sally calls them prison cellssometimes i need protection i039ve got the chainsi got the warning bellsi sit so snug and isolated alone in the modern world-uh huhbut sally has a hard time holding backthe alley to her heart is a beaten trackshe039s never out of love yeah she039s got the knackyou039ve got love i want it come on girlchorushuman touchhuman touchhuman touchhuman touchi039m so scared and isolated in the modern worldwe all needwe all need the human touchwe all need the human touchwe all need the human touchi need it the human touchwe all need the human touchi need it the human touchwe all need it and i need it toohttp:wwwjukebocomrick-springfield |
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keyshia cole ft juicy j - rick james official video
Bookmarked 618 weeks ago more keyshia cole: http:1stopmusicspotcomsearchlabelkeyshia20colekeyshia cole039s newest single quotrick jamesquot featuring juicy j off her upcoming album quotpoint of no returnquot set to impact later this yearkeyshia cole ft juicy j - rick james official videokeyshia cole ft juicy j - rick james official videokeyshia cole ft juicy j - rick james official videokeyshia cole ft juicy j - rick james official video |