Alligator Gar says:
OK. Here’s the scoop. If you aren’t from Florida, you don’t know the whole story. This Bald-headed Bigot we have as a governor owned with his wifeykins Solantic, a drug-testing (among other things) medical business out of South Florida. He gave his part of the business to wifeykins when he won the election. The Ethics Commission said it was A-OK to do that, and it was NOT a breach of ethics….HAHAHAHA! Money talks. So much hew and cry was made over this drug-testing legislation that Bald-headed Bigot had to get wifeykins to sell Solantic (it was closely-held, and the DETAILS of the sale are NOT public). Bet you a dollar to a donut he’s got stock in the resulting corp. Solantic, or whatever they’re calling themselves, will get $10 a pop for the tests. The test-taker gets his money back if he’s clean (that will be most of them, this is TEMPORARY welfare, remember). The company will then be paid from general revenue–i.e., by the “TAXPAYER.” This is another big business scam like the scanners in airports. Problem/reaction/solution. It’s not about welfare. It’s about control.
Alligator Gar says:
Ok, you are in the midwest from your moniker. You have NO idea what this is all about. It’s a state matter in FLORIDA. It concerns TEMPORARY assistance, not full-on welfare. Your hatred for people on welfare is misplaced in this instance. Besides, are you so predjudiced that you actually believe ALL people on ANY public assistance are dopers? Tell me, oh gifted Yankee wonder, how is testing ALL applicants for temporary welfare assistance any different from screening ALL passengers at an airport for bombs? You all rant like madmen on this site over TSA pedophilia and porn grope fests and naked body scanners, but you CHAMPION this? There is NO difference. It’s a 4th amendment violation. In this case, the applicants get their money back for the drug screen when they come up clean. That puts the “taxpayer” (we don’t have income tax, so anyone who buys anything in Florida is a taxpayer) on the hook for $10 a test. It’s a cost, not a savings.
