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Plucketeer

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8. LOL!

Reply to Ellen Forradalom (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 02:55 PM

Feb 2016

LEARN? As in "education"? This is about CONvincing your CONNEDstituents that you're watching their pennies while flushing their dollars.

Maybe North Carolina should test it's waters for lead too!

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North Carolina reveals results of welfare applicant drug tests [View all] James48 Feb 2016 OP

Another fine example of penny wise and pound foolish thinking by the Republicans. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #1

That's their TRADEMARK! Plucketeer Feb 2016 #3

More like another way to punish and demean the poor Glitterati Feb 2016 #5

Well, THAT is a given. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #6

Logic? Republicans? Glitterati Feb 2016 #9

No, it's penny foolish also. tabasco Feb 2016 #23

They tried this in Florida and abandoned it Ellen Forradalom Feb 2016 #2

LOL! Plucketeer Feb 2016 #8

You don't demean the poor by learning from other's mistakes! jeff47 Feb 2016 #10

That's not far off the results in Florida. These idiots down here were sure it "Would be about half" BlueJazz Feb 2016 #4

No where in the article was tha cost mentioned. What'd it cost??? mpcamb Feb 2016 #24

If I remember correctly, the cost was several million dollars and the Lab had something to .. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #25

My reading of the article is that only 89 test were given Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #27

Results? McCrony's buddies made a pile. KamaAina Feb 2016 #7

Which was, of course, the goal from the outset Orrex Feb 2016 #11

Yep. mmonk Feb 2016 #12

Gov. McCrory (NC-R) is the worst NC governor I can recall. His latest focus to NCjack Feb 2016 #13

I thought he was against solar because it sucks all the energy out of the sun. KamaAina Feb 2016 #14

There they go again negoldie Feb 2016 #15

I bet the numbers would be a lot higher pscot Feb 2016 #16

They only did the drug screening on 89 people; 21 tested positive. Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #17

"Of those 89, 21 people tested positive for drugs, representing less than 0.3% of the total number" trillion Feb 2016 #19

Well- drug treatment programs might be worth it. If you are just denying/cutting benefits, Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #20

Thank goodness the Reich Wing has caught them. Those 12 people with children trillion Feb 2016 #18

Hey, better results than finding voter fraud. But yes, I think we should test randys1 Feb 2016 #26

now let's test the legislature. They take a lot more tax dollars than someone on welfare Doctor_J Feb 2016 #21

we should be drug testing politicians & law enforcement! n/t wildbilln864 Feb 2016 #22

Drug test everyone running for public office. JFKDem62 Feb 2016 #28