Posted on 06/01/2011 6:36:35 AM PDT by CharlyFord
TALLAHASSEE -- People applying for welfare benefits must pay for drug testing under a bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into law today.
If they pass, they'll be reimbursed for the cost of the test. If they don't, they won't receive temporary government assistance. Scott signed the bill in Panama City along with another measure that bans the designer drug MDPV, which is sold as bath salts.
The drug testing bill was a priority for Scott and an issue he campaigned on
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Needless to say, the libs despise Gov. Rick Scott. He gets bad press on the front page of almost ever edition of the Sunday Tallahassee Democrat.
wow!
common sense is starting to leak through into our political system!
this should be the norm in every state in the US
How about charging parents of failed students the cost of their education.
Such students would be at higher risk of needing welfare in the future and this would offset the cost.
Sort of like taxing tobacco since smokers are at higher risk of needing medical services in the future.
Yes, this is sarc.
Nevertheless, the best way to deal w/welfare is to end welfare and let charities do it.
That’s going to save a lot of tax payer money. Terrific, all states need to follow.
Way to go Rick!
Very smart and hard to argue against. Why should taxpayers subsidize dangerous drug use?
I guess this was done in another state but was overturned because it was unconstitutional. Hope it sticks...great law. I am LOVING this governor...
This is pure common sense - which is why it will drive the Demoloonies absolutely bat s**t crazy insane.
Nice work, Mr. Governor!
but how does that make libs feel good without actually sacrificing anything?
And how does that give the elites any power?
I just don't get it! .... (is it really needed? /sarc)
I’m sick of drug testing being good enough for our military but not good enough for parasites.
Look for this law to be challenged in court. Violation of civil rights or some such. *Sigh*
Jeez, the welfare folks are going to have to shop around for the states with the most desirable welfare programs.
10 days until some liberal judge rules it unconstitutional
:(
Now it’s time to apply this rule to ALL on are on the government’s teat, including office-holders.
are they going to do random tests while on welfare..if not it will fail...they will be clean when they apply..
The law is expected to be quickly challenged. The Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union issued a release criticizing it and noting that a previous attempt to test welfare recipients for drugs in Michigan was ruled unconstitutional.
“The wasteful program created by this law subjects Floridians who are impacted by the economic downturn, as well as their families, to a humiliating search of their urine and body fluids without cause or even suspicion of drug abuse,” said Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida. “Searching the bodily fluids of those in need of assistance is a scientifically, fiscally, and constitutionally unsound policy. Today, that unsound policy is Florida law.”
Don’t get your hopes up.
“Michigan is the only state to attempt to impose drug testing of welfare recipients – a policy that was struck down as unconstitutional in 2003. The ACLU challenged the mandatory drug testing program as unconstitutional, arguing that drug testing of welfare recipients violates the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches. The case, Marchwinski v. Howard, concluded when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision striking down the policy as unconstitutional.[16]”
http://www.aclu.org/drug-law-reform/drug-testing-public-assistance-recipients-condition-eligibility
I understand if they want sun, sand, and welfare while smoking pot, there is a State on the West Coast that will let them live there for free.
Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!
10 days until some liberal judge rules it unconstitutional
Won't take that long, trust me!
Expect a mass migration to California, then.
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