Posted on 04/11/2018 2:24:48 PM PDT by jazusamo
The Trump administration is considering letting states require some food stamp recipients be drug tested in order to receive their benefits, The Associated Press reported .
The plan would be narrowly targeted and affect mostly those that are "able-bodied," according to an anonymous administration official that spoke with the AP.
It would apply to about 5 percent of people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to the source.
Along with able-bodied people, the source said the proposal would target people without dependents who are seeking certain specialized jobs, the AP reported.
Mandatory drug testing for people in SNAP has been a conservative idea for some time...
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
More Winning!
You don’t have to pass a drug test to get on food stamps.
You DO have to pass a drug test to get most jobs these days.
Is this a great country or what???
It would apply to about 5 percent of people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to the source.
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Perfect. Start small. And like all government plans and policies - it will grow exponentially larger and more encompassing each year.
Yes, yes and double yes!
Why the heck would taxpayers be supporting people to stay home and do drugs?!
There’s a whole pile of things I don’t think able-bodied people on the dole should be able to have. They shouldn’t be able to smoke, do drugs, drink alcohol, or even own a pet. Pets are a luxury and are expensive....not a necessity at all.
First time I would be in favor of an expanding government program!
Leftist heads exploding! They want people stoned and on welfare!
Amen. There is no such thing as homeless. Just laziness.
Require norplant injections
While the media is going crazy over muh Stormy and Cohen, Trump has put the entire welfare system on a path to return to pre-Clinton standards.
You got to just love this guy. MAGA!
Yep, and the irony of it is a lot of people are on welfare programs because of drugs.
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Requiring able-bodied welfare recipients to work, and now this?
What an unfeeling monster that Trump is! I need a safe space where I can curl up in a fetal position and be aborted! Oh, the Hugh Manitee!
No drugs, alcohol, cable tv, lottery/gambling. Curfews would be a good idea too. Make them want to get out of the projects.
Please, do! That would save us billions.
So would limiting welfare to two 6 month periods per lifetime. Anything to stop the generational moochers.
Cocaine and crystal meth suppress the appetite for food. The tweakers would not miss the food. They will miss trading food bought with EBT cards for drugs.
I worked in the office next to the welfare office. Their secretary finally wised up and realized the clients were taking home more freebies than she was working 40 hrs/wk. She quit.
what movie was that. He’s in a lot of movies..
This is beautiful! So now the words “work” and “drug tests” are added verbiage to the leeches of the US!
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