A must read for us all.....
Neno I apoligize for posting this here. If it needs moved please do so and scream at me if you must. I think it's a fantastic idea.I recieved this as an email but had to look it up because it was too big....please read and pass along to our wonderful politicians
I have a question, not only for Douglas County, but for the entire state of Oregon. Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me, I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as they see fit. In order for me to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test, which I have no problem with.
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check, because I have to pass one to go earn it for them?
Please understand, I have nothing against helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sit on their butt. Could you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?
I dont agree with this...
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Lakeway
Neno I apoligize for posting this here. If it needs moved please do so and scream at me if you must. I think it's a fantastic idea.I recieved this as an email but had to look it up because it was too big....please read and pass along to our wonderful politicians
I have a question, not only for Douglas County, but for the entire state of Oregon. Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me, I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as they see fit. In order for me to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test, which I have no problem with.
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check, because I have to pass one to go earn it for them?
Please understand, I have nothing against helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sit on their butt. Could you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?
What about this scenario.... You are right on saying a person needs to be urine tested also if they are accepting your tax dollars but take a second to check out this scenario. A young mother poor and addicted to drugs raising young kids. She uses welfare to take care of the kids but at the same time she buys drugs with it. She takes a urine test and fails. Her benefits are revoked and her children are left homeless and without food. Not because the kids are bad or for the fact that the kids are doing drugs but out of the fact that they are the children of a young mother addicted to drugs. Think about this scenario when thinking about a lot of people on welfare and how they should be treated....
(This is not meant to cause any controversy but just to change your thinking a bit)