10-25-2011, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by epitome
Don't want to be tested? Don't apply for welfare.
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That is the point of this idiotic law to make it difficult to receive help. It is racist at its core and a humiliation tactic.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...da-much-money/
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Preliminary results from the state?s first round of testing, however, has seemingly proven both of those claims false. Only 2 percent of welfare recipients failed drug tests, meaning the state must reimburse the cost of the $30 drug tests to the 96 percent of recipients who passed drug tests (two percent did not take the tests). After reimbursements, the state?s savings will be almost negligible, the Tampa Tribune reports:
Cost of the tests averages about $30. Assuming that 1,000 to 1,500 applicants take the test every month, the state will owe about $28,800-$43,200 monthly in reimbursements to those who test drug-free.
That compares with roughly $32,200-$48,200 the state may save on one month?s worth of rejected applicants.
Net savings to the state: $3,400 to $5,000 annually on one month?s worth of rejected applicants. Over 12 months, the money saved on all rejected applicants would add up to $40,800 to $60,000 for a program that state analysts have predicted will cost $178 million this fiscal year.
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