coworker emailed me this

Kitiara5512

She had sent me something a couple of years ago to my personal email address and I guess kept it in her address book. I actually like this girl and am extremely disappointed, especially since she does smoke pot and has been on welfare herself (and still may be). This was forwarded it appears to everyone on her email list:

 

Great going, Florida . You set the stage for the other 49 States to join!

Kudos to Republican Governor Rick Scott for having the correctness and guts

To move forward on this critical issue!

Hooray for Florida . I-95 & I-75 will be jammed for the next month or so,

The druggies and deadbeats heading north out of Florida .

Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare! In

Signing the new law, Republican Gov. Rick Scott said, "If Floridians want

Welfare; they better make sure they are drug-free. Applicants who test

Positive for illicit substances won't be eligible for the funds for a year,

Or until they undergo treatment. Those who fail a second time would be

Banned from receiving funds for three years!

Naturally, a few people are crying this is unconstitutional. How is this

Unconstitutional? It's completely legal that every other working people have

To pass drug tests in order to get a J-O-B which supports those on welfare!

Forward if you agree!!

Let's get Welfare back to the ones who NEED it, not those who WON'T get a

JOB.....

I AGREE 100%

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately the law has already be halted by a Federal Judge and the ACLU

 

And my response:

  It appears that you and I disagree on humiliating people in order to be able to feed their children, especially since it takes over a week to get drug test results back and during that time, people often have no way to provide for their families. Less than 2% of the people drug tested for welfare in Florida came back positive, and more than half of those were for prescription drugs for their disabilities that prevent them from working to begin with. The state of Florida spent more than 10 times as much on drug testing than it would have spent by giving that 2% of people their requested welfare. People who continue to insist on drug testing for welfare completely disgust me and I often wonder if they are even human to be so heartless. Please refrain from emailing anything politically charged to me.

 

KJmashup

I like your response.

This email, however, is not doing anything to abate my hatred of people and my generally disdainful outlook on life. 

CinemaGoddess

I'm convinced that people who randomly send email forwards like this don't actually read the email for content (as opposed to just skimming) before forwarding it.