As for the ones who have made the remarks about people over weight and on Medicaid…did you ever think maybe they can’t lose the weight? Yes, my husband is some over weight for his height, but you know what? He only eats 2 fairly small meals a day, but it’s very hard to lose it when you are very limited in what physical activity you can do! He has about 8 messed up discs in his back/neck~ranging from bulging, herniated, and some torn…a messed up hip and shoulder~all from a bad car wreck 17 yrs ago because an idiot driving in the rain with no lights t-boned him in his driver door~he actually died in this wreck, but thankfully they were able to bring him back. After that wreck he still kept working up til about a year ago, not no cushy office jobs, but actual hard physical labor from his early teens on up, most of the jobs where things lifted (not by a lift, by hand) from 50# & up for as long as he possibly could! But once you get to the point you have to have a cane to walk, it’s really hard to keep doing that kind of work! So no, not all big people are because they eat too much~some are very limited in what physical activity they can do to help lose weight while still getting the nutrition ALL people need! From re-reading the comments, I have not seen people b*ing about taking the test, just in how to pay for it when they can’t even pay all their bills as it is. That only the ones that turn out ‘positive’ should have to pay. I don’t think employees pay for their ‘mandatory’ tests.

HUD does NOT pay my “rent and utilities”, David, I am responsible for that myself.

Yeah, my kids do eat free at school. Thank God because that’s the only way we make it through the month. During the summer and holidays, I skip a lot of meals so my kids can eat.

I would gladly use public transportation if I could get there, if I HAD the fare and if it went anywhere I needed to go, but since it’s over 2 1/2 miles to the nearest stop, which is a pretty mean feat using a walker, and I’d have to ride it all the way IN to P’cola then back (or to Century and back) to get to the grocery store, then all the way back to P’cola and back out here again to get off at my stop, ALL to get to the store that is less than 5 miles from my house, it just doesn’t really make sense. I couldn’t use it if I wanted to, so that comment is irrelevant.

I don’t ” receive a monthly disability check (cause my backs be hurtin’) ” either. My income is not ANY form of public assistance. I am still awaiting a hearing on my disability claim which is for a terminal disease, thank you very much. And when I die, guess who will be supporting my kids? You, the taxpayer because when I was still in early stages, Medicaid wouldn’t help me go to the doctor, when I had a chance at being cured. Now it’s too late and you STILL moan and complain because I get some help for my kids. They’ve been through enough already. They lost their dad several years ago and now they’re losing their mother and you want to b**** because I get free school lunch, food stamps and substandard health care (don’t let anybody mislead you into thinking you get good care from Medicaid, that’s ONLY if you find a doc who cares about his patients and not the paycheck) from programs that I paid into for years.

I don’t run to the ER with the sniffles. We were always taught that unless you were bleeding profusely, unconscious or not breathing, you stayed home and took care of it yourself. Even if I wanted to, how would I get there?

Shame on all the stingy cold hearted people out there who want to complain because some people need help. There will always be some who abuse whatever system is in place, hence the need for these drug tests. BUT for the majority of us out here, it’s got nothing to do with drugs, laziness, etc. It’s because we have NO OTHER CHOICE!!!!!!

There are people out there who legitimately need help. You know them
and I know them. If they are in your neighborhood, please go over there
today and ask them what they need this week, then go out into your
neighborhood and take up a collection and get them what they need.
YOU try to live on what the government gives them a month. They (WE)
don’t pay for toiletries which anyone who shoppes knows are the most
expensive things in the store (except possibly T-bone steaks), but
really, how many of you could live without them, or should I say would
want to. I mean do you not have to wipe in the bathroom? Do you
not WANT to brush your teeth in the A.M. and P.M. Do you not WANT
to wash your clothes or feel clean sheets under you? Remember you
christians who put three crosses in your back yard. ‘THERE BY THE
GRACE OF GOD GO I:”.
YOU KNOW THEM, THE NEIGHBORS KNOW THEM…..FOR GOD’S SAKE
HELP THEM. ABOVE ALL DON’T LET THEM LOSE THEIR MEAGER HOMES.

IT’S NOT LIKE A 65,000.00 HOUSE IS A MANSION SO LETS NOT BE JEALOUS.

Wonderful news, I have thought of this for years.

to “Huh”—it is an expense like buying gas to get to a job. Think about it.