There exists an unwritten obligation and responsibility to benefit the nation whose help you seek and citizenship one enjoys. Without a mutual exchange of values there is exists no value of obligation from either party.
They should also apply to the Legislature. No pay and not allowed to vote on legislation if under the influence of drugs. If we are to test the least powerful and least influential among us how much more important is it to test the most powerful and influential to prevent drug crazed decisions.
This makes sense to me. Their jobs are too important--plus, they get a great salary for life along with other perks--to be showing up at work half nuts and making decisions that might influence the entire country for months, years, and even decades...
Richard, it looks good on paper, but the fact is that the tests cost three to four times more to administer than the money they saved. It's a wonderful Tea Party talking point, that like much of what the Tea Party does is more grounded in wishful thinking than in reality,
Perhaps, including alcohol testing in this scenario prior to every vote would prove beneficial? If it comes to testing, install a breathalizer onto every ignition system that will not allow the vehicle to start if the reading is above the legal limit. How much is a life worth?
Yes, but the Tea Party policies would sacrifice our children's health for temporary job gains. Why have a great paying job if you can't breathe the air or drink the water or eat the fish that comes from the lakes?
The tea party only advocates fiscal responsibility, a Constitutionally limited government, and free markets. No one in the tea party advocated polluted air, dirty water, or poison fish.
Not in so many words. Nobody would say such a thing in public.
However, they want to eliminate every government agency that regulates such things. As an example, Florida Governor Rick Scott has rescinded every environmental and concurrency rule ever passed by the State of Florida and disbanded the agency that enforced what few rules remained. Were it not for Federal regulations Florida power plants could burn high sulfur coal. Such coal is the source of acid rain. When energy advocates tell you that we have abundant coal resources to last for at least two centuries, what they do not tell you is that the coal is so full of contaminants like mercury that it will kill every living thing within a few miles of the power plant.
Within a few months of taking office, Governor Rick Scott fired two thirds of Florida's water managers. Three weeks later unseasonably heavy rains flooded many expensive homes of wealthy Tea Party supporters, Many of these homes were built on lots where special permits had to be obtained over the objections of the water managers who Rick Scott fired because the locations were prone to flooding. Had the water managers been on the job, they would have diverted the water through the locks and canals and kept the homes that they opposed building from being damaged. But they weren't there because they had been fired. The expensive homes were damaged, roads flooded and the legislature had to pass an emergency requisition to hire them back.
Barbara, if you were really interested in fiscal responsibility you would advocate mothballing all of the Navy's super carriers and slashing our involvement in overseas wars which we can never win. But you won't because the Tea Party is funded by people who profit from the military and from eliminating environmental regulations
Don't buy the smokescreen. Welfare, which is the Tea Party's favorite target, is a tenth of the military's budget. Cut the military first, then cut the rest to balance the budget.
FWIW... I completely agree with balancing the budget and cutting taxes. I also think Rand Paul is right that we never should have gone into either Afghanistan or Iraq without making sure we could pay for those invasions in current cash flow instead of selling our souls to China.
If it is effective and cost concerns considered, others may follow; have to see what happens. Also may help point some that abuse the system into the direction of getting help... not sure how the law reads.
John, In its first year, the program achieved none of its goals and cost much more to run than anyone imagined. I thought it was a good idea when I first heard it, but experience has shown otherwise.
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Not in so many words. Nobody would say such a thing in public.
However, they want to eliminate every government agency that regulates such things. As an example, Florida Governor Rick Scott has rescinded every environmental and concurrency rule ever passed by the State of Florida and disbanded the agency that enforced what few rules remained. Were it not for Federal regulations Florida power plants could burn high sulfur coal. Such coal is the source of acid rain. When energy advocates tell you that we have abundant coal resources to last for at least two centuries, what they do not tell you is that the coal is so full of contaminants like mercury that it will kill every living thing within a few miles of the power plant.
Within a few months of taking office, Governor Rick Scott fired two thirds of Florida's water managers. Three weeks later unseasonably heavy rains flooded many expensive homes of wealthy Tea Party supporters, Many of these homes were built on lots where special permits had to be obtained over the objections of the water managers who Rick Scott fired because the locations were prone to flooding. Had the water managers been on the job, they would have diverted the water through the locks and canals and kept the homes that they opposed building from being damaged. But they weren't there because they had been fired. The expensive homes were damaged, roads flooded and the legislature had to pass an emergency requisition to hire them back.
Barbara, if you were really interested in fiscal responsibility you would advocate mothballing all of the Navy's super carriers and slashing our involvement in overseas wars which we can never win. But you won't because the Tea Party is funded by people who profit from the military and from eliminating environmental regulations
Don't buy the smokescreen. Welfare, which is the Tea Party's favorite target, is a tenth of the military's budget. Cut the military first, then cut the rest to balance the budget.
FWIW... I completely agree with balancing the budget and cutting taxes. I also think Rand Paul is right that we never should have gone into either Afghanistan or Iraq without making sure we could pay for those invasions in current cash flow instead of selling our souls to China.