Wisconsin moving forward with drug-testing food stamp recipients

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has finalized a rule that would require able-bodied adult recipients of food stamps to be screened and possibly tested for drugs.

The move is the latest step in the ongoing battle over whether such testing is legal under federal law.

Walker has framed the issue as addressing the state’s worker shortage and as a continuation of the state’s landmark welfare reform efforts begun in the 1990s under Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson.

“Employers have jobs available, but they need skilled workers who can pass a drug test,” Walker said in a statement. “This rule change means people battling substance use disorders will be able to get the help they need to get healthy, and get back into the workforce.”

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[geardaddy]

1. Squatty Wanker is a POS.

[zaj]

2. Seperate but equal? Seems like a lawsuit...

... on the grounds that if you test low-income or unemployed for state dollars, you also must test all employees, all elected officials, all contractors, everyone getting paid by a state dollar.

[rurallib]

3. Legislators should be drug tested on a daily basis

to get a flavor of just how humiliating it is.

Not to mention that with the shit they pass for laws there should be testing.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Legislators should be required to live on food stamps for a month

without being able to supplement their food budget from other sources. It might help them recognize that the amount of aid provided is insufficient.

[dembotoz]

4. Our shame just continues