Poor people today do not appreciate the education they are getting already which is K-12. Statistics show that most drop outs are from "lower classes"... So what difference would it make if they couldn't afford education anymore. They don't want it anyway.

I think ALL education needs to be privatized and paid for by the recipients or their parents. Until people actually see how expensive it is, they will never appreciate what they are getting.

Professional prostitutes do not have sex without wearing condoms and if it was run as a business that would insure that less people get diseases. Why would teen pregnancy and abortion go up? I don't understand your argument at all.

Is sounds like what you are saying is that the atheists can't think of anything to argue about except to argue with Christians over the existence of God. Maybe you people need to watch the news or something.

Is that some kind of ridiculous threat to scare people into having to provide welfare? The world is already an unsafe place and people carry on. A murderer or thief is not made because of a lack of food stamps. Unbelievable.

Teachers are grossly underpaid for the work they do. First they have to have a college degree and pay for that debt just like a doctor or a lawyer... Next they have to constantly take courses and tests to keep up with what's going on. They have to plan lessons, grade papers, babysit rotten kids who don't appreciate the education they are getting and are completely disrespectful, and teachers have to deal with parents who don't have a clue but expect their children to pass even when they don't deserve it. Yes yes yes, pay teachers more, or close the freakin schools down.

So you are saying that France and Canada have less effective healthcare...

perhaps....I've never had healthcare there so I can't say.... however, at least EVERYONE gets to see a doctor. You talk about effectiveness, but you're only talking about the rich people who have insurance. Us poor slobs without insurance sure don't think that healthcare in America is very effective.

I for one do not want a surgeon who is about to operate on me being stoned. Nor do I want the construction workers working on the road with all that heavy equipment and trucks being stoned. There are some jobs that do have a right to know if their employees do illegal drugs because it's a safety issue.

As for the welfare drug testing, why should taxpayers pay for a drug addict's habit?

If people were to actually look at where our money is spent, they would see that socialized healthcare is possible. If we (America) are going to continually claim to be the most wonderful nation in the world, we need to take better care of our citizens. Stop spending on wars in other countries, and heal the sick right here.

Since people who get jobs are often drug tested, it seems only fair that we do the same thing to people without jobs.