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Originally posted by Geezer:
And don't forget the figure you'll never see: the number of folks who don't even bother to apply, because they like to smoke a joint on Saturday night, and know they'd fail the test.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I'm still curious as to why this standard is only applied to one group. I mean, if the idea is that the state doesn't unintentionally fund or support someone's illegal drug habit, shouldn't drug testing be mandatory for EVERYONE who gets any government funding whatsoever? Hospital employees in places that take Medicare/Medicaid money should be tested. Airline pilots who work for airlines that take any government money, police officers, legislators, all professors, teachers, and coaches who work for any institution that gets public-sector money, bank employees for any bank or lending institution that is FDIC insured or that got even a penny of bank bailout money, all military personnel and private contractors, every employee at Boeing, Grumman, Lockheed Martin, etc.

Hey, if you're worried about illegal drugs, you're worried about ALL illegal drugs in ALL people, right? And there are sectors of the public that are more likely to buy and use illegal drugs than welfare recipients.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Mike, you're going backwards (and I'll bet you know it ). We've already discussed this one, remember? And how wonderfully it was used to make the legislator who was proposing it back off?

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A Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly withdrew his bill to create a pilot program for drug testing welfare applicants Friday after one of his Democratic colleagues amended the measure to require drug testing for lawmakers.

"There was an amendment offered today that required drug testing for legislators as well and it passed, which led me to have to then withdraw the bill," said Rep. Jud McMillin (R-Brookville), sponsor of the original welfare drug testing bill.

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But that they could have been on top of this in the other states where the righties (it's ALWAYS the Republicans) have managed to pass this stupid law. It's nothing but an attack on the poor, who doesn't know that already? The same as "voter ID", all the disgusting anti-abortion laws and all the other things they got together to pass while they had the chance.

The percentage of those who failed is a perfect example of how these supposed "fiscally conservative" idiots end up wasting money to pursue their social agendas.

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