rightard rick Wrote:
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> Arizona is another embarrassment to the union.
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>
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030615_
> welfare_drug_test/welfare-drug-tests-fail-save-az-
> predicted-cash/
>
> Recipients are taken off welfare benefits for a
> year if they fail a drug test or do not take a
> required test. More than 142,000 adult recipients
> have been completed the form since the drug tests
> were implemented.
>
> When the law passed through the Legislature,
> lawmakers estimated that it would save the state
> up to $1.7 million a year by taking people off
> welfare. This year, the state will spend around
> $45 million on TANF benefits, which goes to about
> 30,000 recipients, according to a Joint
> Legislative Budget Committee report.
>
> The latest data available from DES calculate the
> total savings from 16 of those 26 recipients
> removed from TANF benefits totals to less than
> $4,000. The costs of administering the 19 drug
> tests totaled to about $500, which amounts to a
> net savings of about $3,500.
The OP's math is JUST FUCKING WRONG. Food stamps for one person is an expense of about $3,000 a year, which means the savings would be about $70,000 for 26 people.
That's 26 people who basically failed an intelligence test by admitting what they did. No SYMPATHY.