Drug tests for welfare advances

[Lakefield22]

Can we start forcing drug testing for everyone who sends there children to public school or takes government money to pay for college?

 

[public servant]

Can we start forcing drug testing for everyone who sends there children to public school?

Why? Public school isn't free.

I don't have kids in school and I still pay for it. What's your point?

 

[Lakefield22]

Welfare is welfare.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Why? Public school isn't free.

I don't have kids in school and I still pay for it. What's your point?

We need to get the kids prepared for later on in life when they will need to pass these tests for jobs

and...

Tax money goes towards those kids getting an education, its only fair that we test everyone benefitting from our tax dollars.

 

[public servant]

We need to get the kids prepared for later on in life when they will need to pass these tests for jobs

and...

Tax money goes towards those kids getting an education, its only fair that we test everyone benefitting from our tax dollars.

I'm not sure I understand how public eduction is welfare if those choosing to send their kids there are paying taxes to do so.

I agree that public education sucks...but I'm not getting the connection. I also think that if you don't have kids in the public education system or once your kids leave the system you shouldn't have to foot the bill for it. I think it should be a user funded program...but that's another thread entirely.

Again though, I don't have kids that use the system.

 

[BogWalker]

We need to get the kids prepared for later on in life when they will need to pass these tests for jobs

and...

Tax money goes towards those kids getting an education, its only fair that we test everyone benefitting from our tax dollars.

So I suppose you're willing to step up and get drug tested because you use public roads? Big difference between welfare and schools.

 

[wagyu52]

So I suppose you're willing to step up and get drug tested because you use public roads? Big difference between welfare and schools.

Ahh excuse me, people that have CDL's do get drug tested to use public roads.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

So I suppose you're willing to step up and get drug tested because you use public roads? Big difference between welfare and schools.

I just figured we might as well go all the way, why stop at people receiving welfare?

 

[junior438]

heres an idea, have the welfare people set up a welfare sting. anyone who applies and get accepted, have a welfare employee follow them for a couple of weekends. druggies cant go that long without a mess up. then pull em from welfare when there busted. after a few of them get busted, that should stop others who try to play the system.

 

[RockofStrength]

So I suppose you're willing to step up and get drug tested because you use public roads? Big difference between welfare and schools.

Actually there is no difference...a public road is a "public good" and useful to all. A public school is useful to a subset of society (namely parents willing to allow their child to attend a government school) and is not a public good any more than welfare checks are.