States Push Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Applicants in New Conservative Trend

[katty]

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States Push Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Applicants in New Conservative Trend

Governor of Florida Rick Scott in early June declared on CNN that “tudies show that people on welfare are using drugs much higher than other people in the population.” Politifact Florida, an online fact-checking project of the St. Petersburg Times, tried to verify his claim and found the Governor was inflating the statistics of one study, conducted over 10 years ago. Governor Scott had to backpedal and admit there was uncertainty around the hard numbers, but by that time he had already successfully secured a state law mandating drug testing for welfare applicants. An Orlando Sentinel Op-ed last week declared the nearly two month old law to be a failure, stating, “Scott’s looking for drugs in all the wrong places.”

[AmericaIsGreat]

1. lol

So the states do the two things that conservatives hate the most: make government bigger and increase spending since the state reimburses everyone who passes the test as part of their welfare payment.

AND in Florida if you fail, you can designate another individual to just take the money on your kids' behalf.

Of course, right-wingers read "welfare recipients" and start cheering and clapping. What a bunch of fucking twats.

[Blue Owl]

2. So how's that working out for you, pRick?

Remind us again how many tax dollars your failed plan has wasted.

[Downwinder]

3. How do you test a Corporation? CEO and Board of Directors, or

all employees?

[2Design]

4. conservatives love fraud and spending money - republicans spent their way into this mess