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circlethesquare

(806 posts) Tue Sep 9, 2014, 03:48 PM Sep 2014

0.25% Test Positive for Drugs in Welfare Drug Screening

From: The David Pakman Show

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0.25% Test Positive for Drugs in Welfare Drug Screening (Original Post) circlethesquare Sep 2014 OP

No one should be tested TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #1

Well, if you think about it... jberryhill Sep 2014 #2

Wow, that's almost as bad as voter fraud! valerief Sep 2014 #3

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)

1. No one should be tested

Reply to circlethesquare (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 04:10 PM

Sep 2014

but that statistic is ridiculous. Anyone on drugs didn't show up for the test. And those who did...well....low IQ? Hope and prayer?

So do you really believe that only 1 in 400 welfare recipients uses drugs? I think the number is higher than that, but not enough to justify these ridiculous and invasive tests.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. Well, if you think about it...

Reply to TexasMommaWithAHat (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 04:29 PM

Sep 2014

If you are talking about the population of "those who qualify for public assistance" you are talking about a set of persons who, by definition, don't have a whole lot of disposable income. It's not as if illegal drugs are given away for free.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

3. Wow, that's almost as bad as voter fraud!

Reply to circlethesquare (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 05:00 PM

Sep 2014

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