BadGirl
I am so very blessed
So, a friend posted on facebook asking folks to sign an on-line petition for "Say No to Drug Testing for Public Assistance".
I can't believe that anybody, ANYBODY, would sign this petition.
So, I pretty much responded back to my friend with that thought.
I think I offended her.
Do I care? No, I think not.
My response: "You have got tobe kidding me? Who thinks NOT testing to receive benefits is a good idea, other than the potheads and tweakers?"
Her response: "xxxx, it's about Constitutional rights, which affects all of us".
Another friend's reponse: "xxxx, I believe assistanc eligibility should not be based on drug testing".
My response: "Receiving welfare is a Constitutional right? Who knew???? It's contridictory that a Constutitional right.....say, gun ownership....has all kinds of restrictions and obstacles in place, but yet receiving welfare - that is not a Constutitional right - is a free-for-all?"
Friend's response: "xxxx, it has to do with personal privacy laws. Both left and right winged parties have been pitting and dividing its citizens far too long. If you do not support the petition, then you do not need to sign it - just know your rights".
Let me be perfectly clear on this: I have absolutely no freakin' problem with welfare receipients being screened for drug usage. No. Problem. At. All.
As a matter of fact, I highly encourage it.
Anyone want to have a lively coversation on this, or at least enlighten me on why it is NOT a good idea to screen welfare receipients?
I can't believe that anybody, ANYBODY, would sign this petition.
So, I pretty much responded back to my friend with that thought.
I think I offended her.
Do I care? No, I think not.
My response: "You have got tobe kidding me? Who thinks NOT testing to receive benefits is a good idea, other than the potheads and tweakers?"
Her response: "xxxx, it's about Constitutional rights, which affects all of us".
Another friend's reponse: "xxxx, I believe assistanc eligibility should not be based on drug testing".
My response: "Receiving welfare is a Constitutional right? Who knew???? It's contridictory that a Constutitional right.....say, gun ownership....has all kinds of restrictions and obstacles in place, but yet receiving welfare - that is not a Constutitional right - is a free-for-all?"
Friend's response: "xxxx, it has to do with personal privacy laws. Both left and right winged parties have been pitting and dividing its citizens far too long. If you do not support the petition, then you do not need to sign it - just know your rights".
Let me be perfectly clear on this: I have absolutely no freakin' problem with welfare receipients being screened for drug usage. No. Problem. At. All.
As a matter of fact, I highly encourage it.
Anyone want to have a lively coversation on this, or at least enlighten me on why it is NOT a good idea to screen welfare receipients?