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Hoodafan

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Agree and a dumb idea IMO. Not just for the reasons you cite but also


because ultimately the ones hurt most by this would be the kids of those testing positive. They're on their own because momma tested positive for meth?

I think it also brings up a slippery slope that will be a problem when (not if) we go to single payer healthcare. If Govco is paying for it, and it's ok to test to make sure the recipient isn't using drugs, why wouldn't it be ok to test the same for healthcare? Why not test for smoking? Drinking? Obesity? etc. too? When taxpayer dollars are being used, taxpayers tend to want a say on how. Unfortunately taxpayers then go based on emotions rather than facts, as evidenced by this move.

(In response to this post by Capital City Hoo)

Posted: 12/05/2017 at 2:07PM



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Wisconsin to begin drug testing food stamp recipients. ** -- PalmyraHoo 12/05/2017 1:29PM
  It's a benefit, not a right. ** -- ConnHoo 12/05/2017 10:59PM
  Wouldn't it be more efficient to give away free meals -- Faz d. Hoo 12/05/2017 3:38PM
  Debatable -- Beerman 12/05/2017 4:33PM
  ...to the USDA. -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 3:59PM
  Good news, I bet you their overall spend drops ** -- TomKazanski 12/05/2017 3:32PM
  Let's go whole hog -- Beerman 12/05/2017 2:36PM
  I vote for anal probes for everyone. ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 2:38PM
  With or without KY/Vaseline? ** -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 4:39PM
  Won't the drug tests cost more than the food stamps? ** -- HokieDelNorte 12/05/2017 2:20PM
  who cares? ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 2:32PM
  Make em shop at Aldis. End of problem. -- GoochlandHoo 12/05/2017 2:28PM
  Where do you live? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:31PM
  If someone is going on an all-egg diet... -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:58PM
  Here, have another -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 3:38PM
  Wait, what?? -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:29PM
  Let's say the government identifies a drug user -- Faz d. Hoo 12/05/2017 2:03PM
  Treatment for what? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:15PM
  I don't see what one has to do with the other. -- WahooRQ 12/05/2017 3:45PM
  Is that the purpose of the food stamp program? -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:31PM
  In general... -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:26PM
  Weed rehab, man. ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:18PM
  Reminded me of this classic cameo by Bob Sagat... -- WahooRQ 12/05/2017 2:22PM
  Make them starve, I guess... ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:09PM
  What if you really have the munchies? ** -- Guy LeDouche 12/05/2017 2:23PM
  Potential to become a viscous cycle ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:27PM
  Who cares...amirite?!? ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:10PM
  Don't they catch like, nobody, with this? -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 1:39PM
  This isn't about catching anyone, it's red meat for the base -- Capital City Hoo 12/05/2017 1:59PM
  Nail on the head in your first paragraph -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:12PM
  You won that bet. He lost his, though. ** -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 4:19PM
  How much red meat do they need?? ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:07PM
  That's correct, but it gets even better! -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 1:57PM
  If it takes millions to 'catch' one person it is worth it ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 1:44PM
  War on drugs, whatever it takes. ** -- NJHoo 12/05/2017 1:57PM
  Other than pills. ** -- KCHoo 12/05/2017 2:22PM
  Good, regardless of the cost we must do this ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 1:34PM
  Survival of the fittest, I guess. Let them die. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/05/2017 1:45PM
  No soul. ** -- hooshouse 12/05/2017 1:31PM
  Goody. More government waste. ** -- Beerman 12/05/2017 1:30PM

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