Pogo
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- Dec 7, 2012
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Gee, if you think it's fair for welfare recipients to have other people pay to finance their drug habit, I just might have a suggestion for you...You know, I can see people in high stress jobs being drug tested, because they have to remain sharp while they are on the job.
People who are receiving welfare? No. I don't think they need to be tested. Why? If they aren't working in a job that could be hazardous to the public, there is no need for it.
Besides............of all the people I've ever known who received financial assistance, they were more interested in feeding themselves and keeping a roof over their head rather than taking drugs.
Have their dope dealers come to YOUR HOUSE OR JOB to collect for their drugs...
And if you think a urine-trouble test conclusively shows that (a) they paid for whatever substance shows up and (b) that they paid for it with assistance money, I just might have a suggestion for you --- take a logic class.
The compelling interest for drug testing welfare applicants is to ensure that they aren't gaming the system by letting the government subsidize their drug habit.
Looks like you need the same class.
Money is fungible. There's some logic for you.
That's kind of the point. That, and the fact that the presence of "drugs" doesn't in itself mean any money has even changed hands at all.
Nor has anyone here defined what the term "drugs" means. If it means, say, cannabis, which is not a drug but often mistermed as such --- you can grow that.
Reread until it sinks in.