On Jan 16, 2012, at 10:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Or do you prefer to funnel increasingly scarce public assistance funds to > drug dealers? That's the Democrat way!
Or do we spend enormous amounts of money to fight a non-exsistent problem? That's the Republican way. <http://ideas.time.com/2011/08/29/drug-testing-the-poor-bad-policy-even-worse-law/> <http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/state-losing-money-drug-testing-welfare-recipients-applications-drop> ""Based on the NYT estimate "that the average temporary assistance applicant receives $253 monthly for less than five months, the state has saved $40,480 in denied benefits due to drug testing. With an average test cost of about $35, the state reimbursed $246,050 for the tests of those who passed. The net loss to the state of $200,000 since July does not include substantial administrative or legal costs. " -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
