House to vote on big cuts for food stamps

 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/19/house-to-vote-on-big-cuts-for-food-stamps/#ixzz2fNTpkoR2
Published September 19,2013/ The Associated Press

Summary:
The house is to vote on a bill, which is supposed to cut money for the food stamp program.  The cuts would amount to $4 billion dollars to the $80 billion dollar program.  1 in 7 Americans, more than 47 million people, receive food stamps. The cuts are to be aimed towards fully-able adults without dependents on this program. This bill was vetoed by the president.  Democrats a opposed to cuts period, the republicans are split, but the conservatives support the cuts. The house seems to be split and it is assumed that if the bill is passed it will never become a law.

Opinion:

The rule with food stamps is if you don't use it, you lose it, which then in encourages people to spend and buy more then they need.  I personally know a woman who receives food stamps, she would buy milk and other groceries not only for herself but for her neighbors with her food stamps because she didn't want the lose the assistance she receives.  Other stories I have been told are about people buying lobster tail, shrimp, filet mignon and other high end foods with food stamps.  The article states that the fully-able adults without dependents would be targeted for the cuts, what is any fully-able man or woman without children doing on food stamps? Now this isn't to say that food stamps aren't a good thing because they are and help a lot of people, the thing is the system is abused and needs to be cut back so necessities are bought not luxuries. 

Despite veto override, McCrory says he won't carry out welfare drug testing

Associated press/ September 04, 2013

  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/04/despite-veto-override-mccrory-says-wont-carry-out-welfare-drug-testing/#ixzz2eQ2pFRZ2

Summery:
The law to drug test those on welfare was vetoed, however the senate overrode the veto overwhelmingly with a vote of 34:10.  The one governor Pat McCrory wanted nothing to do with this law and says he  was not given enough money to do so; therefore, will not carryout the welfare drug testing. He said that the drug testing would require an extra $300,000 dollars aside from the $145,000 that was put aside to carry out this new law.  McCrory is receiving a lot of negative feed back for his statements.  Governors are sworn under oath in ordered to make sure that the laws are followed, yet until he receives more money he says he will not carry out this law.  The law will not be put into place until the next summer.

Opinion: 
I feel as though one must be out of one's mind not to support this law.  Public assistance programs are financed by tax payers. If the people receiving public assistance are taking advantage of the system and using the tax payers money to buy drugs they deserve to be cut off, and I don't know of any tax payer who would like to pay for drugs with their hard earn cash to fuel someone's drug problem when it could be going to someone who is really in need.  I feel as though the governor is completely out of line refusing to participate in seeing that the law is followed, especially because that is his job.