(July 23, 2015 at 4:47 pm)Cato Wrote:(July 23, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Why the actual fuck do we tie receiving welfare benefits to whether or not someone is a drug user in the first place?
It's stupid, counterproductive, and only serves to further alienatethe poor. Good job, I guess.
The compassionate conservative assumption that the only reason people rely on any form of welfare is that they are lazy, stupid and addicted drives this mentality. It's what allowed Romney to declare that 47% of the population would vote for Obama simply because they were clamoring for entitlements. The problem being of course that although 47% of taxpayers don't pay personal income tax does not mean they don't pay any tax; payroll, state, local, gas, sales, etc. It also ignores that the taxes that are paid are a significantly larger portion of their income than those with income that have an effective tax rate.
The same assumptions is what was behind the Kansas attempt to cap EBT transactions at $25/day without considering the hardship and inefficiency in such a program (think of the increased bank fees that would be generated with such a system).
And we know how reluctant conservatives are to help the banks squeeze a little more out of people.
