You have a valid point. I hope there aren't any children living in your neighbors' house. If welfare benefits are removed, they would suffer. However, if the neighbors are doing drugs, the children should be removed so, thereafter, lack of welfare benefits wouldn't affect them.
Surely there is some governing agency that can be contacted regarding these bums. How do they get enough money for drugs in the first place? From what I've heard, drugs are more expensive than the govt. benefits could provide enough $$$ to indulge. Glad you have a new job that has respectful responsibilities, otherwise your employer wouldn't be concerned about drug usage by its employees. Good for you!
I am also wondering if these neighbors have children in the home. If they do someone needs to report these people to the authorities. When people do drugs you never know who or what(guns etc.) will be in that home.
I can understand your feelings and i'm sure many feel the same way--I do to and support random drug testing of welfare recipients. The only problem is if there are children there. If welfare gets cut off, the children lose too. When i was married to my 2nd husband, he drank and smoked pot a LOT. I worked (i was the only one working) and was getting welfare --food stamps is all, but my God, i needed them so bad. Needless to say, that marriage did not last long. But, i had a baby and if they had cut me off because of my husband, the baby and i would have suffered too. Some questions have really difficult answers (or, some answers have really difficult questions)....ddtop ps--Why was i married to him? One of those "what could she have been THINKING" questions. I've asked myself why i stayed as long as i did---very deep subject.
posted by ddtop
11 months ago
i totaly agree to much of this welfare corruption is going on we need to clean it up
The kids suffer weather the food is cut off or not,back in New York the kids came to my wife and said they were hungry.Making a call to the welfare dept.was no help.I was just about to mind my own business.Take the kids away is the answer.The fool women left the kid in a hot car in Florida,made a remark that she forget the kid was in the car.From the head up shows a total loss needs an adjustment { 5 years in jail ] the kid could have died.
Our welfare system certainly does need an overhaul. I've tried in the past to report blatant rule-breaking & was told in effect to mind my own business. The reason I was given for no investigations being done was a lack of manpower!
They diffinitely need to be reported. I agree on drug testing. I would rather have my taxes go to drug testing (thus they would not get food stamps and my taxes on this would go down) and more personnel.
Grads on the job and glad to have you among the upright citizens. If there are kids involved they are better off away from drugs. Parents that do drugs are not parents they are a accident waiting to happen.
Delbird made a very good point. How many times have we seen the news stories about a child being hurt or killed while living with druggies for parents? The sad thing is that the authorities only do something after the fact.
I'm opposed to drug testing unless a person is operating public transportation or dangerous equipment or doing surgery. It is terribly invasive, whether you're a worker or a welfare recipient.
Plus, you could be a full blown alcoholic, drink every night, beat your wife and keep your job while some guy smokes a joint at a party and he's out of work.
The last place I worked, a state university, the application asked whether you had a drug conviction but there are no questions about violent crime.
From what I understand, most people on welfare are women with young children who receive benefits for approximately two years.
It's the small percentage of scammers that give welfare a bad name.
posted by HAE
11 months ago
Many companies require a drug test for employees, it isn't anything new.
