Posted on 06/19/2016 10:26:27 AM PDT by John Semmens
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis) has introduced legislation that would require taxpayers to pass a drug test before being allowed to itemize deductions on their 1040 tax forms. The bill is in retaliation for state laws that require welfare recipients to pass drug tests in order to receive benefits.
"I am sick and tired of Republicans forcing poor people to jump through hoops to receive the money they are entitled to under the law," Moore complained. "We enacted these programs to help the unfortunate. Few members of society are as unfortunate as drug addicts. They are slaves to chemicals that their bodies crave. Compelling them to choose between a welfare check and their substance abuse is unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment."
"If the GOP is going to cut the money going to this deprived set of society's victims then we should also cut the money going to taxpayers via the deductions allowed on their income taxes," the Congresswoman asserted. "As the President has pointed out on numerous occasions, people with incomes, businesses, and jobs didn't earn it. Somebody else made that happen. Letting them keep this money is a privilege that the government can revoke. Let's see how they like it when government cuts the money they get to keep because they can't pass a drug test."
Wisconsin is one of 15 states that require welfare recipients to submit to drug testing in order to receive benefits. Gov. Scott Walker defended the requirement calling it "an additional incentive designed to help people escape a cycle of dependency. Consuming illegal drugs is an incapacitating behavior. Not only does it sap an individual's motivation for becoming self-reliant it also undermines competency. Either of these effects will deter an employer from hiring the substance abuser."
"Rep. Moore's notion that income earned by working is the equivalent of income received from the government for not working is as wrong as it can be," Walker added. "Getting oneself off the sofa and into the workforce makes a positive contribution to society. It is contributions like this that make it possible to provide benefits for those truly unable to support themselves. If we make it a practice to reward those who disable themselves from the possibility of working to continue to be supported by the government the resources to aid those who really need it will be needlessly depleted."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,212388.0.html
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https://azconservative.org/2016/06/18/former-senator-questions-need-for-so-many-armed-federal-agents/
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“...forcing poor people to jump through hoops to receive the money they are entitled to...
Hunnnnghh!!
There is a lot of truth in good satire.
Newsflash, stupid: I'm tired of you idiots passing laws that takes money from the productive members of this society and gives it to the unproductive deadbeats in this society. I say: It's time to change the law to workfare. That is, you show up M-F at 7AM for work at public buildings sweeping floors, cleaning toilets, or whatever else deemed necessary. And random drug tests are expected. If you don't like this job, find a better one.
I’m in favor of it. It means no one from the Congress or the White House will be able to claim exemptions.
I think we all need to be drug tested for agreeing to pay taxes in the first place. We kicked King George III’s ass for his taxes on us.
Had to p** in the bottle the whole time I was in the Army.
How about holding EVERYONE in government service to the same standard?
Where would they stash all that crack?
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