Group delivers urine sample cups to WI lawmakers in protest of plans to drug test those on welfare

[riversedge]

Would have loved to have been there. Good for the activists


Video at link


Group delivers urine sample cups to @WisGOP lawmakers in protest of plans to drug test those on welfare





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Updated: Mon 6:40 PM, Jan 12, 2015
By: Kate Pabich - Email

Posted, Monday January 12, 2015 --- 6:02 p.m.

A Wisconsin group sent a message to Republican lawmakers today in an interesting way, delivering urine sample cups to their offices.
It's all in protest of the Governor's plans to drug test those on welfare.

Putting on scrubs, and gloves, members of the Wisconsin National Organization for Women started knocking.

Delivering, nicely labeled, never used, urine cups.

The group says they want to spread awareness to lawmakers that drug testing those on welfare will only cause the state more problems.

"First of all it's a violation of a right to privacy a federal court of appeals has already ruled that it's a violation of the 4th amendment," said Wisconsin NOW President, Dayna Long....

[Scuba]

1. Thank you NOW!!

[dembotoz]

3. better Would have been prefilled with leaky lids

[riversedge]

4. The ones passing out the bottles would have ended

up in jail if real urine. Even if water, my guess is that Repugs would have called police --suspicious substance and all hell would have broken out.

[dembotoz]

5. i know that but i can dream can i not?

big smelly jars of pee spilled on the desks

good fantasy

maybe cat pee--

[midnight]

6. What an excellent way to bring attention to a really horrible idea.

"People don't stay on public assistance because it's fun or because it's glamorous or because they'd rather have a free ride while they use drugs, they're on it because they're struggling."