Should people on welfare have to take mandatory drug tests?

[edgray]

Originally Posted by sexysadie

I just think that welfare shouldn't be as easy as it is now to obtain. I work hard for a living and right down the road from me is a woman on welfare with 2 kids who is bringing in twice as much as I do and she's supporting a boyfriend who isn't even suppose to be living there. How do they get away with it?

you should be mad at your boss for underpaying you.

[sexysadie]

Originally Posted by edgray

you should be mad at your boss for underpaying you.

Where I come from, I could be considered as being over payed.

[edgray]

Originally Posted by sexysadie

Where I come from, I could be considered as being over payed.

something's not right if someone on welfare is getting more than you. Whereabouts are you living?

[sexysadie]

Originally Posted by edgray

something's not right if someone on welfare is getting more than you. Whereabouts are you living?

East Coast Canada. We have also what they call 'family allowance' here, not certain if you have the same where you live. But...I work hard, am a single mother and because I work, I receive 13 dollars a month...lol..that lady down the road cheats the system, sits on her lazy butt all day doing nothing and she gets 300 dollars per child....now I ask you....is that fair?

[edgray]

Originally Posted by sexysadie

East Coast Canada. We have also what they call 'family allowance' here, not certain if you have the same where you live. But...I work hard, am a single mother and because I work, I receive 13 dollars a month...lol..that lady down the road cheats the system, sits on her lazy butt all day doing nothing and she gets 300 dollars per child....now I ask you....is that fair?

nope. And it's your responsibility to report her if she's cheating the system.

[Azazel]

[sexysadie]

Originally Posted by edgray

nope. And it's your responsibility to report her if she's cheating the system.

I know that I should, but it`s just not me to do that....but sometimes I wish it were.

[edgray]

Originally Posted by sexysadie

I know that I should, but it`s just not me to do that....but sometimes I wish it were.

In the UK you get a sizable reward for shopping a welfare cheat. If you're totally sure they're cheating the system, I wouldn't think twice.

[sexysadie]

Originally Posted by edgray

In the UK you get a sizable reward for shopping a welfare cheat. If you're totally sure they're cheating the system, I wouldn't think twice.

As far as I`m aware, there is no such reward around here. I know because my daughter used to hang around with her daughter and she practically lived at my house....he lived there and since her never worked, he was being supported by a system designed to feed and cloth his kids because he was no longer in the picture.

[edgray]

Originally Posted by sexysadie

As far as I`m aware, there is no such reward around here. I know because my daughter used to hang around with her daughter and she practically lived at my house....he lived there and since her never worked, he was being supported by a system designed to feed and cloth his kids because he was no longer in the picture.

damn...