Indiana House Approves Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients

That place has gone totally insane with the double trans-vaginal probing and now this.

when graduate and I move in with my girlfriend so I can get her out of Indiana.

I spent a year in Indiana one weekend.

Funny how wealthy individuals and right wing politicians think Americans should give up thier civil rights to be able to feed thier children and see a doctor. Teabaggers voted down the same tests for themselves.

what private for profit group will get this bonanza of state funds?

We did this in FL with the law set to deny benefits to anyone who tested positive. If you tested positive you lost benefits and had to pay for the test. The RW theory was that the reduced payout of benefits and charge for the test would not only pay for itself but result in massive savings. In fact so few tested positive that even with the charge for the test and loss of benefits, the taxpayer had to pick up the tab for testing the 98%+ who were clean.

These dillweeds are out of touch. Drug users all but universally avoid government offices of any sort, to include social welfare offices. Spend a few volunteer hours a month working with this population and you would know the result without running the tests.

the big push for this testing in Florida was by the governor. He was a big owner of the company that did the testing. Actually he divested the investment - to a fund in his wife's name. I guess that means no conflict of interest? And like was already stated, the welfare recipients tested negative in over 98% of cases (less than in the general population).
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/business/gov-rick-scotts-drug-testing-policy-stirs-suspicio/nLq8f/

Those CEO's and CFO's who are on the receiving end of subsidies and bailouts ... they get alot more money than a TANF recipient, are likely to be alot more risky with their use of it, and their drug habits tend to be alot more expensive than an occasional joint.