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June 01, 2011
Gov. Scott Signs Welfare Drug Testing Into Law ~ Good For Gov.Scott! Stay Strong!
Gov. Scott Signs Welfare Drug Testing Into Law
TALLAHASSEE
Expect challenges to a bill signed by Governor Rick Scott which will require welfare applicants to undergo drug testing.
The bill also requires that those who apply for welfare must pay for the drug testing out of their own pockets. However, the cost would be reimbursed if the person passes the drug test.
Republicans said the measure was needed because if taxpayers are screened at their place of employment, so should welfare recipients. The drug testing bill was a priority for Scott.
“While there are certainly legitimate needs for public assistance, it is unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction,” Governor Scott said. “This new law will encourage personal accountability and will help to prevent the misuse of tax dollars.”
A similar law which passed in Michigan in 1999 which required random drug testing of Welfare recipients lasted five weeks before it was stopped by a judge. An appeals court ruled it unconstitutional after a four-year legal battle.
On Tuesday, Scott also signed into law another measure that bans the designer drug MDPV or “bath salts.”
Poison control centers in Florida have reported 61 calls of “bath salts” abuse, making Florida the state with the second-highest volume of calls. The hallucinogenic substances are readily available at convenience stores, discount tobacco outlets, gas stations, pawnshops, tattoo parlors, and truck stops, among other locations.
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Wild Thing's comment......
Good for Gov. Scott. He has really been getting attacked a lot by the left and the RINO's here in Florida. But he seems to be staying strong on some important things.
Gov. Scott is doing an excellent job, but since most of his efforts have to do with dismantling the socialist leviathan that the socialists have built over the decades, they are screaming like 3-year-olds who just had their lollipop taken away.
Posted by Wild Thing at June 1, 2011 04:40 AM
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This guy, Walker in Wisconsin, Perry in Texas and Brewer in Arizona, really do get it.
Their willingness to follow the dictates of those who elected them, instead paying them lip service is a refreshing thing to see. Not only that. it shows that the individual states still have some clout.
You go, guys. How I wish jerry Brown had similar huevos, and tendencies.
Not going to happen in the once Golden State.
Posted by: Sean at June 1, 2011 10:25 AM
Here in Whoville / Bidenville our 1st State tax dollars go to Wilmington in New Castle county where the junkies get to swap out needles and syringes! We call Wilmington San Fransicko East!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at June 1, 2011 12:21 PM
How long before will this be challanged. It is probably on it way already to the first court for appeal.
Posted by: Mark at June 1, 2011 02:39 PM
How long before will this be challanged. It is probably on it way already to the first court for appeal.
Posted by: Mark at June 1, 2011 02:40 PM
Sean, ditto all you said.
Darth, thanks for sharing about Wilmington. It is happening in so many places.
Mark, I hope not, but I bet your right.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 2, 2011 12:47 AM
