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Originally Posted by Manic_Skafe
I can't express enough how tired I am of seeing that email. It's been circulated for years now and every six months or so some new genius at my job forwards it to everyone and posts it everywhere.
I'm against drug testing those on welfare simply because drug tests are expensive and they don't prove anything significant. And while our gov't has come up with some creative ways to waste tax money - I'd rather not give them another excuse.
But what pisses me off the most about this entire issue is every time I go into the gas station a few blocks from my job that's located next to a homeless shelter and I catch the cashiers (illegally) cashing out people on their gov't checks as if they bought groceries and such only to sell them beer, sodas and other junk foods.
I'd report the gas station but I doubt how significant an impact it'd make on our welfare system which is such a dire need of reform.
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The gas station has to cash those checks, so if they're doing it illegally, their bank is just as much to blame. More than likely, it is not illegal to accept a government check in lieu of cash; it would be thus if they were handing over foodstamps, though for the beer and junk food.
Random drug testing for those on welfare wouldn't accomplish much. Wasn't welfare reform about it being a means to get by but with a promise to find work? That went over well....