Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Campaign Log: He had Idea before Orrin

Now, I know where Senator Orrin Hatch got that idea about requiring those receiving welfare to pass a drug test.

Ran into the guy who about 10 years ago suggested it to Orrin. He wrote Sen. Bob Bennett and whoever was his representative in the House, as well. Who knows if his letter, all these years later, didn't rest in the mind of Sen. Hatch. Probably not, but maybe. The guy didn't claim as much, he just noted he suggested it.

And, he gave an example of why Sen. Hatch's proposal is a good one. He spoke of someone who takes the welfare money and trades it in. "They take the Food Stamps and the Horizon card and trade then for drugs instead of helping their kids."

The kids end up eating ramen noodles.

And, he gave another example of something he didn't like about our welfare system, speaking of a man who worked about a year, just long enough to qualify for Unemployment Insurance, and then quit when the company asked him to come along to St. George, where they had a job. "Now, he's been on unemployment all summer == playing," he said.

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