Today in Moronic Memes #5

This one has been floating around for a while on the internet. The first thing I'd like to point out about the policy of testing welfare recipients (and by the way, there is no program for "welfare" there are an assortment of programs with various eligibility requirements), is that the policy doesn't work and costs more to implement then it saves.  In Florida, the program was in place for several months and had a success rate of a whopping 2.6% ,while costing taxpayers more than it saved.  Additionally, Florida Governor Rick Scott was co-founder of a drug testing company, so in a way that very policy was a sneakily executed welfare program for Governor Scott.

Shoplifting vs. Grand Larceny

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Two articles caught my attention yesterday for different reasons.  The first article discussed banking giant HSBC helping launder billions and assisting in the evasion of billions dollars of taxes.  From the AP: