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In reply to the discussion: "I have to get drug tested for my job, so why shouldn't people on welfare be tested, too?" [View all]tsuki
(11,994 posts)43. So is his medical company, Solantic. nt
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"I have to get drug tested for my job, so why shouldn't people on welfare be tested, too?" [View all]
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2012
OP
There is that, too. But faux populist poor-bashing is good for stirring up the base.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2012
#5
mick...I am also "random" drug tested because I work in public transportation.
PearliePoo2
Mar 2012
#21
What physical danger would testing welfare recipients protect the public from,
kestrel91316
Mar 2012
#7
What really kills me are the drug testing for unemployment benefit bills.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2012
#8
Yeah, go after the little people. Let the real welfare addicts off the hook i.e. Big Oil, Wall St,
FarLeftFist
Mar 2012
#19
Ok That is fine by me as long as the pompous A$$'s demanding it are tested regularly also!
sce56
Mar 2012
#25
If the aim is to save money on "welfare", it might make better sense to take the money which would
mother earth
Mar 2012
#27
A lot of people on welfare have to take the bus. Why shouldn't you have to take the bus also?
yellowcanine
Mar 2012
#33