radiojake wrote:Phatscotty wrote:
The government "intervening" in "government assistance" programs???...Get a new talking point because that doesn't make any sense. If you live off the government, how can you even bring up government intervention. Is not the government already intervening?Not to mention the reality that the public assistance program demands further intervention on taxpayers, so you lose both ways. Your schtick doesn't work on multiple levels.
I actually think Phatscotty has a point in this regard; although that doesn't mean I neccesarily think that welfare recipients should risk losing benefits through failing a drug test.
Also, doesn't the United States have some sort of time limit where one can receive benefits? I remember hearing after 6 months your dole payments get cut? Maybe that is just in some states - I am not going to pretend that I am an expert on the matter -
Thanks for being honest.
We used to have a limit, but we keep extending it and now its 99 weeks and the unemployed have actually unionized to become the 99'ers.