Originally Posted by
bandaidwoman
I agree, if we are going to go through the expense of testing entitlement recipients, then we need to test all them, including congressional representatives who command a huge retirement portfolio and cadillac health insurance benefits that use up more of our tax monies than welfare recipients.
Regarding the latter, remember, lots of ex-veterans are welfare recipients. Many , post combat veterans, are drug users of some sort or another. I can't begrudge them for what the hell they have been put through, we would be needlessly punishing their family and children.....and once again, they are no more likely to use illicit drugs than the general population. A false positive in a exveteran , he has no legal recourse. A senator, can at least hire a lawyer....