Florida's modern day poll tax; Pt. II
So what about clinic certification and inspection costs? What tests do the state accept? Do they inspect testing facilities? Do they contract with local companies? What if there are no testing facilities in a large rural area? What if the people are in home due to health issues, do they have to pay extra for the tester to come to their home?
People knee jerking their support for this law aren't thinking it through. The percentage of over all welfare recipients on drugs is not going to be that high. if you think it is, you're completely ignorant of the stats. So called 'generational welfare' recipients are a low percentage of people on welfare nationally. It's going to be high in places like maybe Miami slums, but lower in more rural or other areas. It's not going to be the same everywhere.
No one is considering the ongoing costs to both businesses and the state in enforcing and certifying these testing facilities and results. Is there a provision for false positives? Even people in prison if they get tested positive, the sample gets sent to another facility to get retested for a false positive. Does it factor in medication people might be on?
This is nothing more than a modern day poll tax, specifically designed to discourage people from applying for welfare at all. It's not going to lower costs in the long run, it's nothing more than base, empty politics. If they were serious about it, they would have made the law pay for all tests upfront and then bill or sue the people that fail. Instead, they're treating everyone as if they ALL use drugs. It's knee jerk puffy chest partisan politics, nothing more.
People knee jerking their support for this law aren't thinking it through. The percentage of over all welfare recipients on drugs is not going to be that high. if you think it is, you're completely ignorant of the stats. So called 'generational welfare' recipients are a low percentage of people on welfare nationally. It's going to be high in places like maybe Miami slums, but lower in more rural or other areas. It's not going to be the same everywhere.
No one is considering the ongoing costs to both businesses and the state in enforcing and certifying these testing facilities and results. Is there a provision for false positives? Even people in prison if they get tested positive, the sample gets sent to another facility to get retested for a false positive. Does it factor in medication people might be on?
This is nothing more than a modern day poll tax, specifically designed to discourage people from applying for welfare at all. It's not going to lower costs in the long run, it's nothing more than base, empty politics. If they were serious about it, they would have made the law pay for all tests upfront and then bill or sue the people that fail. Instead, they're treating everyone as if they ALL use drugs. It's knee jerk puffy chest partisan politics, nothing more.
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