2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMessage From the GOP: Hey, Poor People, You’re Not Real Americans
Roland S. Martin
Its not about the budget, and it has nothing to do with concern about drugsits about harassing a particular class of Americans who need help.
Looks like its time for another season of Americas favorite political sport: demonizing folks on welfare.
Last month, the RNC announced that welfare would be one of the top issues they want to hammer home in the 2014 midterms. And on the local level, this isnt just bumper-sticker campaign slogans, its being put into place as policy.
Heres the deal: Beginning July 1 in Mississippi, anyone applying for welfare will be subjected to a questionnaire asking whether they use drugs. If their answers reveal possible drug use, they will have to pee in the cup. If they fail, they will have to undergo treatment in order to get paid.
Gov. Phil Bryant declared in a press release that The (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) is a safety net for families in need, and adding this screening process will aid adults who are trapped in a dependency lifestyle so they can better provide for their children. This measure will help make a positive difference for families impacted by substance abuse.
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)about a missing plane and fracking is reported by the media as using sand and water and something, something unmentionable.
Welcome to 1984, just took longer to arrive in America.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)otohara
(24,135 posts)they are patriots.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,355 posts)"Die quickly to reduce the surplus population" and "Get out of my sight"