Drug testing to get food stamps & met the teachers

We went up to the school Thursday evening for meet the teacher back to school parent night thing. Each kid got to see which class they were going to be in and DD is not happy with her teacher. But like I told her it really doesn't matter who her homeroom teacher is because all 3 5th grade teachers will rotate through her class every day. The kids don't have to change classes, the teachers change classes. So even if she is unhappy with this teacher she would still have this teacher for part of the day anyway. So starting Monday I will be back to being kidless from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. *high fives the air*

I read today where the state of Florida and Kentucky have made it law that anybody applying for welfare or food stamps will have to be drug tested. Some ppl are crying foul and saying this is unconstitutional. But the way I see it is this... If we can force ppl who work for a living to be drug tested we can also force ppl who live off the tax payers dime to be drug tested. I think all 50 states should do it. If my system would do it they would probably be able to save millions of dollars a month because of all the ppl who would no longer qualify for assistance. I not only think they should make NEW applicants be drug tested I think they should require all existing recipients to be tested and from here on out, randomly tested with no notice. Ppl will say OH BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS who will have to go without now that the parents won't qualify for welfare? That's nobody's problem except the drug addict parents. Maybe the kids can go live with a relative or go into foster care. If the parent is an addict the kids are probably better off living somewhere else anyway. I have no tolerance or sympathy for anybody who chooses to take drugs and become an addict. We all make choices. If you choose to do drugs then my tax dollars won't help you. That's the way it should be everywhere. In my opinion. Hopefully other states will follow suit. It will initially cost the states some money doing the drug testing but in the long run it will save them TONS of money when the drug addicts no longer qualify for assistance. I think it is a step in the right direction.

I think they also need to reform the food stamp program and make changes to sort of mirror the WIC program. The WIC program dictates what items you can and cannot get with the WIC assistance. Food stamps should be the same way. I think you should NOT be allowed to buy any junk food like cookies, cakes, chips, Little Debbies, candy, cokes or luxury items like shrimp, crab legs, lobster, etc. I think if the person is going to get free food they should be required to buy nutritious food and not junk or luxury food that most tax payers cannot even afford to buy. This may never come about but it would be a good change in the right direction.

I think the only ppl who would be upset about it are the ppl getting food stamps. They want to be able to get whatever they want with the food stamps.

Something needs to be done about all the welfare fraud going on that is costing US, the tax payers, a lot of money every year. Ppl selling food stamps for cash to ppl who don't qualify for food stamps. Buying drugs with it instead of food.

I hope I never have to have public assistance in my life but if I do I would not be fraudulent with it and I wouldn't buy junk food with it. I sure wouldn't sell it for cash so that I could go buy some drugs or booze.