just a thought......... - page 1 -

• just a thought......... by PBurke on 21 Jun, 2007 10:47
•  Work, Taxes, Urine Test
  
  
           Like a lot of folks in this great United States, 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 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 earn it for them?
  
  
       Please understand, I have no problem with 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.
  
• #1 by Paul on 21 Jun, 2007 10:53
• And how much money would be saved if while taking that urine test you had to provide proof of residency.
• #2 by PBurke on 21 Jun, 2007 10:54
• tons
• #3 by tomgallagher on 21 Jun, 2007 11:10
• We could probably save a gazillion dollars.
• #4 by Sgt. Pate on 21 Jun, 2007 11:44
• You know bro... that makes too much sense!   
• #5 by wpruitt on 21 Jun, 2007 11:52
• Sounds good to me ... I am all in favor of it!
• #6 by Itsonlyinmyhead on 21 Jun, 2007 11:53
• Do you guys pay much tax in the US?
  Im currently self employed and I pay through the nose. I pay tax, employers national insurance and employees national insurance. I lose about 1/3 to 40% of my weekly earnings.  Think I might get myself sent to prison so I can live a cushy life
• #7 by YOSP on 21 Jun, 2007 14:02
• Pburke...excellent point
  
  its a shame that some people just don't get it, or even care to.
• #8 by jusbnme on 21 Jun, 2007 18:09
• Great point Mr. Burke and if it we had the chance to vote it in it would get my vote.   
• #9 by PBurke on 21 Jun, 2007 18:12
• it would get mine too. but i'm sure some organization would say that drug testing infringes on the rights of welfare recipients. or something like that.
• #10 by Itsonlyinmyhead on 21 Jun, 2007 18:24
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  it would get mine too. but i'm sure some organization would say that drug testing infringes on the rights of welfare recipients. or something like that.

  
  Do you have human rights in US. I think the human rights that we are covered by is EU statute/law and basically everything seems to be covered by this. People have the right to live and sponge it seems.
  
  Take for example a family where the parents DONT want to get jobs because they cant be bothered, they get benefits galore, this annoys me as Im wondering why Im paying for them whereas if someone is struggling to get work or just lost their job they do need some help or asylum seekers have fled their country because of inhumane treatment or war then fair enough Im happy to contribute as I could lose my cash inflow and need help myself.
  
  PBurke-maybe after youve straightened this out in the US you could hop over the water and straighten things out here 
• #11 by PBurke on 21 Jun, 2007 18:32
• wanna know how bad it can get here? two examples:
  
  
         1. I saw a show about how this family was working on the third generation of welfare. none of them worked. all they did was mooch off the system.
  
  
          2. I went to a casino one time and was talking to this lady while waiting for the little bus thing. This lady, who had pulled up in a caddy and had more gold than a pawn shop, tells me that "as long as i got a quarter left from my welfare check, i am gonna come to the casino."
  
  
       now these are only two that i can think of off hand. but cases like this really get under my skin. a little help in a time of need is one thing but that is way too much.
• #12 by jusbnme on 21 Jun, 2007 21:30
• Quote from: PBurke on 21 Jun, 2007 18:32

  wanna know how bad it can get here? two examples:
  
  
         1. I saw a show about how this family was working on the third generation of welfare. none of them worked. all they did was mooch off the system.
  
  
          2. I went to a casino one time and was talking to this lady while waiting for the little bus thing. This lady, who had pulled up in a caddy and had more gold than a pawn shop, tells me that "as long as i got a quarter left from my welfare check, i am gonna come to the casino."
  
  
       now these are only two that i can think of off hand. but cases like this really get under my skin. a little help in a time of need is one thing but that is way too much.
  

  
  That gets me so sick.  I think I'm going to vomit now.
• #13 by Itsonlyinmyhead on 22 Jun, 2007 12:44
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  1. I saw a show about how this family was working on the third generation of welfare. none of them worked. all they did was mooch off the system.
  

  
  That is pretty bad, there should be something done about those people. Maybe a good beating followed by taking their welfare off them.
   
     In the UK I remember reading an article about 3 generations but the 3rd were just a few babies. All of the parts of the family were popping out babies like it was the end of the world soon. The Grandparents had something like 12 kids and were on benefits. None of the members of the family had any intention of getting a job.
     I dont know how true this was as it was from a tabloid.
• #14 by agassi on 22 Jun, 2007 13:40
• it stinks that people on walfare seem to be better off than the working class something wrong with the system