Quoting ღ Diana ღ:" "

I'm not going to quote all of your replies.... but to all of your replies  

When I first heard about it I was all on board but what good does it do if the major drug users can pass a piss test? They going to shell out extra funds to blood or hair test them?

I get food stamps when we need them and I don't look poor and neither do my kids. Doesn't mean I don't need help from time to time to make sure my house hold has enough food to keep our bellies full. If it come down to it, yes I would go hungry to make sure my kid eats... have done it before when we couldn't afford the gas to go to the grocery store... Looks can be deceiving and I would not like to be randomly piss tested just to be able to get food.

Quoting *Doodle'sMama*:" I think i'm sick of seeing ignorant people post it on fbook. Is it a nice concept? Sure. Who wants to ... [snip!] ... people get their panties in a wad over everyone on assistance and what they do with it. Aint a damn thing we can do about it."

100% Agreed.

Quoting Lost.:" Its going to hurt the kids because the parents can't abstain from drug use. I don't think there is an easy solution."

This.

Quoting danica  :" <blockquote><b>Quoting Wiggity Wack:</b>" I'm getting tired of seeing the government ... [snip!] ... poor people, or use it to scrutinize poor people? SCRUTINIZE!!"</blockquote> *hand shake* we should be friends lol."

*handshakes back*
You betcha.  

Quoting Lost.:" Poor people need to dress ugly and look haggered. Good to know."

I'll remember that  

And as for the OP, I think it's stupid.

Quoting nora g's mommy:" Fine- I'll give you that one. You need to be at a salon spending money on your hair- you cant do it ... [snip!] ... get the defensiveness over this woman who obviously can afford her groceries- but choses to get food stamps. Ridiculous."

You're making ASSumptions...

Do you KNOW the woman? If so, it would be different.
Maybe it was her birthday and someone paid for her to get those things done...maybe she does have a sugar daddy..so what?
And you can buy pretty nice clothes/bags/etc. at second hand stores.

Quoting ♥ lacee.:" The thing is, most moms with a drug problem aren't using their food stamps for their children anyway. ... [snip!] ... to a ladies house who has a major pill problem, and she had no food. Why? Because she sold her food stamps to get more pills."

But that's it, that type of druggie wouldn't even be positive when she tests. Neither would a crackhead, someone on meth, etc...they're all out of your system rather quickly.
It targets people that smoke weed--which they may not have even paid for.

Quoting DisneyMommyTTC#3:" I think the whole thing is stupid. Insinuating that all people who need assistance are potential crack-heads, ... [snip!] ... the poor. Energy bill assistance for elderly/disabled/low income parents, could donate it to a food bank, things like that."

 

We live in Kentucky, and from what I've heard, they just do mouth swab tests, which can be fooled with Listerine... so, it's kind of pointless, if that's true.

Quoting Wiggity Wack:" Waste of money, waste of time."

 

It costs more money than it saves. Stupid.

It costs more money than it saves. Stupid.