Lawmaker wants the rich to be drug tested before receiving high-dollar tax deductions

Yahoo News ^ | 6/17/16 | Andrew Bahl

[Zeneta]

She probably just now saw the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street”

[Organic Panic]

“I’m grateful for the taxpayers for [welfare], and I have given back tenfold,” Moore told the Guardian


Yes. Sure. So many examples of welfare giving back 10 fold. Or in Angel Adams' case she's birthed 15 babies all on welfare.

[SSS Two]

Perverse Incentives

Two major ways that people claim large itemized deductions are (1) charitable giving; and (2) paying state and local taxes. To the extent that this idea works, it will provide incentives people to reduce their itemized deductions. What does Rep. Moore have against giving to charity and paying taxes?

[Rurudyne]

Maybe we should drug test Congress before they vote of a bill? Or the President before he signs it? Or just the Court every day of the week?

Actually, that would be a good idea....

[Rurudyne]

Incidentally, does the guy the OP is talking about even realize that rich people have accountants file their taxes?

[Pontiac]

“When he stood in front of a drug treatment center and rolled out his anti-poverty initiative, pushing this narrative that poor people are drug addicts, that was the last straw,” Moore said.

No his narrative was that drug addicts should not be receiving welfare payments.

My employer randomly drug test all of the employees at our plant. They are not calling us drug addicts but are insuring a safe work environment for the employees. People on drugs cause more accidents.

Should taxpayers subsidize illicit drug use? No. If welfare recipients feel put upon or insulted; too bad. Perhaps the embarrassment will encourage them to get off the dole.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Correction, hon. It belongs to THEM!

[knarf]

Her official portrait from her political website

[onyx]

YES, by all means, drug test the rich! LOL.
Hell, drug test the teachers and the damn Congress as well!

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

It IS THEIR MONEY YOU MORON!!! Are these people THIS STUPID??? NEVERMIND yes they are!!!! Unfrickin believable!!!

[Monitor]

As a Wisconsinite, I apologize for this piece of trash.

[Free in Texas]

She be scary lookin’, yo.

[stevio]

Bet she thinks she’s some sort of queen or something.

[Vendome]

[Tenacious 1]

Yes. Sure. So many examples of welfare giving back 10 fold. Or in Angel Adams' case she's birthed 15 babies all on welfare.

I don't mean to judge, but what is father's day like at that house?

[rolling_stone]

of all the stupid things coming from Congress this is near the top. What is its purpose?

[Free in Texas]

An abandoned mining town complete with empty streets, howling winds and rolling tumbleweeds.

[markoman]

....”especially as a former welfare recipient”....

Yeah.....you’re still a welfare recipient.

Marko.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Oddly enough, she may have made an interesting point, though indirectly. Right now, opiate drug abuse is skyrocketing. And unlike previous generations of impoverished junkies, many of the current users are middle, upper middle class or rich.

While theirs is a serious problem for them, it is also a serious problem for the rest of us, because many of these people are in jobs of “trust and responsibility”. And as addicts, they cannot be trusted nor are responsible.

So why not drug test them?

[enduserindy]

How about when you pass you don’t have to pay tax.