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The true welfare queen exposed!
Who should we really be drug testing?
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed a series of bills into law that will require some welfare recipients in Michigan to be drug-tested. Meanwhile, other states are considering following in Rick Snyder’s footsteps.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is on the record saying that he also wants to make drug testing welfare recipients and applicants a law. And, according to Think Progress, “In 2014, at least 18 states introduced proposals or addressed bills that would require some form of drug testing or screening for applicants for or recipients of public assistance.”
One of the main reasons why conservatives across America are trying to pass welfare drug-testing laws is to shame and punish poor people. It's really that simple. But they rationalize it by saying they need to "control government costs."
Welfare programs in America include programs like the Women, Infants, and Children program, or WIC, and food stamps. And, as Lou Colagiovanni over at Examiner.com points out, in 2012, a married person with one child making $50,000 per year paid just over $36 in taxes for “food and nutrition assistance” programs like food stamps and WIC. That’s just 10 cents per day!
While conservatives will never admit it, welfare is a mindbogglingly small expense and a very small piece of the pie. On the other hand, the nations biggest welfare recipients - rich people and big corporations - are making out like bandits, because the welfare they take isn't for food or housing - it's to increase their profits and wealth.
-Thom
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