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Honeycombe8

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7. I was explaining this to my Dad after he voiced approval of the drug testing.

Reply to OmahaBlueDog (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 10:52 PM

Jul 2012

I brought up the Florida example. I think it made an impact on his thinking. This drug testing thing is not about money.

Besides, as I explained to him, what if a single mother with kids is on drugs? Should she really not get food stamps for her kids because she's smoking pot? He said, well, "yeah, that may not be the right thing, there."

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So, Florida saved a bundle by drug testing welfare recipients, right?!?! [View all] OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 OP

Now wasn't that an exercise in futility and expense? These F***ing Repugs are going to be the teddy51 Jul 2012 #1

Sidn't Gov. Scott's family own the drug testing firm? Seriously. SharonAnn Jul 2012 #3

Thanks SharonAnn. I FORGOT TO ADD THIS OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #6

and who favors it? handmade34 Jul 2012 #2

..and there you have it ladies and gentlemen. OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #5

Well, it IS kind of the perfect Republican policy. DirkGently Jul 2012 #4

I was explaining this to my Dad after he voiced approval of the drug testing. Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #7

yes, but handmade34 Jul 2012 #8

..just in case the morning shift hasn't seen this OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #9

I'll bet Scott feels pretty stupid right about now. A Simple Game Jul 2012 #10

I don't think so RockaFowler Jul 2012 #11

how many more people could have been helped justabob Jul 2012 #12

Well at least that 2%'s kids will go hungry, because a test is not foolproof... Hubert Flottz Jul 2012 #13

Part of that 2% statistic wasn't even people who failed the test. Lyric Jul 2012 #14