How dare you take what is OWED to me...

ATLANTA -- A state lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would require random yearly drug testing for Georgia welfare recipients and those receiving state unemployment benefits.
“We need to make sure that in times like this more than ever that our tax dollars of the people that we represent, that their money is being spent wisely,” said State Rep. Michael Harden, R-Toccoa.

But some lawmakers are calling the idea un-American. State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta, described the bill as "anti-poor."
Harden’s bill would require those receiving the benefits to foot the bill for the drug tests, which typically cost $25. A positive result would strip a recipient of his or her benefits.

“We’re talking about saving millions, if not tens of millions. Not to mention, we are going to be able to identify those people who have addiction problems and get them some help,” said Harden.
“I think it’s very reasonable idea,” said Kiera Nelson of Atlanta. “If you worked for a job, you would be getting drug tested.”
“I kind of feel like it is a little invasive myself, as far as being in people’s personal lives,” said Jason Ward of Atlanta.
CBS Atlanta’s Rebekka Schramm asked Harden what would happen to children whose parents test positive for drugs.
“Well, that’s a very valid question,” Harden said. “That’s something that was thought out in depth. We’re not going to allow our state’s most precious and most vulnerable to drop through the cracks because of something that their parents or guardians are participating in. We’re going to get parents the help and we’re going to make sure that those dollars go to those kids and that’s what it’s intended to do.”

Finally. Asking someone contributing nothing to society to take a drug test in order to receive benefits is not only reasonable, it's vital. It's vital for our tax system. It's vital for our crime rate. It's vital for our children. If I were to apply for a job, I would most certainly be drug tested. Why shouldn't people living off of the hand of tax payers? The tax payers funding these people's lives get up every morning and commute to their place of drug free employment or else. Why should we demand less of welfare recipients. Arguing that it would be bad for children to be taken away from their drug addicted, parasitic parents is the most illogical argument I've ever heard. Removing drugs from the lives of children might give them their only chance of living a healthy and viable life. If you're reading this and finding yourself disagreeing with this bill, whether you're on drugs or not, makes you part of the problem. This isn't a case of civil liberties being violated. You can refuse the test; conversely, the Government can refuse to keep paying you for being a drug addict drain on society. Last time I checked, drug addict was not something listed on your W-2. Let the Government help you. Use the nearly broken Welfare system to teach you how to fish. It can feed you for a lifetime.

Something smells fishy

The Government interested in our health care system should scare you to death...pardon the pun. The United States health care system represents 16% of our total economy. That's represents alittle over 2 trillion dollars. I know our Congress has desensitized us to large sums of money, but a trillion dollars is a massive amount of money. Regardless, this isn't about health care. It's not about, as Obama says, "Preventing anyone from standing in between you and the care you need." This is simply about a political party using health care as a pawn for increasing their power. If you know anything about government or health care, you know this is tragedy waiting to happen. I know this sounds a little redundant to previous posts, but this is a critical issue. Yesterday in New Hampshire, President Obama held a forum/town hall meeting to push his health care reform. If you watched it, you saw nothing that resembled the other town hall meetings. Why? Well, because they limited the crowd to staunch democrats and Obama campaign contributors.

Below is a "random" (yeah right) question by a young girl whose mother happens to be an attorney and large sum contributor to the Obama campaign. Nothing about this chance question is chance. Nothing about this town hall being filled with smiling happy people is chance. This was simply a PR move by Obama to try and fool ignorant uninformed voters. This reform is losing steam every day yet Obama continues to ignore the American people and force this into law.



There was one bright spot though. During the town hall yesterday in New Hampshire, Obama tried to compare the private sector competing against government programs. I know he wishes he could take it back, but this is what he said:

"They do it all the time. UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It's the Post Office that's always having problems."

No shit Sherlock. This is exactly what we've been trying to tell you in town hall meetings all around the United States...that is unless you hand pick your audience and ban the opposers from being there and asking questions. The fact that Obama expects us to believe that we're this stupid pisses me off and it should piss you off too.

If you don't laugh, you'll cry your eyes out.

Debt-Deficits Change During Presidential Terms

On the dusk of Obama pushing Congress to pass a bill that would essentially cripple health care and in turn, the entire US economy, I thought it would be best to just try and get some laughs from this debacle. For those of you that are completely uninformed and influenced by our completely biased news coverage, I'm going to fill you in on the streamlined effeciency and performance of Government based health care. If you want to know what your health care will resemble, go to your local VA hospital for a day. First of all, there's so much bureaucracy, you'll be lost in a sea of people that can't help you because, "it's not their department." Aside form that though, when you leave the VA after spending a day, my challenge for you is to go anywhere in the United States and try to find a group of people who are more apathetic about their job tasks. The people that weigh and sprinkle the salt on the fries and McDonald's care way more about their job than these people. There is no accountability, there's absolutely no rush whatsoever, and there's no recourse for poor job performance. This would be ok if you're a park ranger employed by the Government, but people, this is going to be your mother, your father, your brothers and sisters, and ultimately you lying on the table begging for quality health care. People in Canada and England come over by the droves to get MRI's, Heart stents, cancer treatments, etc, because they know that the system in their own countries would drag their feet until it doomed their fate. I wish someone would start brewing the coffee for all the idiots in this country. Government does nothing right. NOTHING. How many of you have tried to get a new driver's license lately? How many of you have tried to get a marriage license? Been to a welfare office? Been to any state or government facility? People better start taking these issues seriously because soon enough we're all gonna wake up in a hospital bed having a heart attack while all of the staff members are in the break room watching The Young and the Restless and getting fatter.