Mo Farah wrote:
Peter n Lois wrote:This has been tried in many states in regards to welfare recipients. It always results in an extremely small amount to virtually no positive tests.
Um, ever hear of microdosing???
That's right. It is well known such welfare recipients will travel to the Ethiopian highlands to avoid the testers. Unscrupulous Ethiopian pharmacists accept US food stamps for EPO.
Howard Dean wrote:
It would pay for itself in the first month. No free money if you can't stay clean.
Are you including things like the mortgage interest deduction, sales tax free/ reductions for luxury goods, tax breaks for company relocations, etc? It'd be interesting to see who'd lose their gov'ment handouts if they tried to enforce something like this... Though there'd likely just be a lot of corruption with the big players faking their test results.
Howard Dean wrote:
It would pay for itself in the first month. No free money if you can't stay clean.
Are you including things like the mortgage interest deduction, sales tax free/ reductions for luxury goods, tax breaks for company relocations, etc? It'd be interesting to see who'd lose their gov'ment handouts if they tried to enforce something like this... Though there'd likely just be a lot of corruption with the big players faking their test results.
But if they don't get their government handouts, how will they be able to afford their drugs?
good for him wrote:
Good. I'm tired of tobacco abusers being allowed to hold government jobs.
So that must mean every NFL-NBA-NHL-MLB owner and BoD gets Drug Tested except the private teams (SF Giants, LA Dodgers, LA Lakers, LA Clippers) with zero public welfare receipts. Great.
Coming from a Billionaire Aristocrat, it doesn't surprise me in the least 😯
More totally failed policy he thinks are new.
Can he be impeached for failing a drugs test? There might be a little stimulants problem that's finally uncovered.
Or, is it like Paula Radcliffe or Bolt, or "answer the door" Farah? You know how they never test positive.
The terrible thing here is the voters who chose this guy are going to get burned, badly. What's next for them?
the key is making sure the testing contract goes to one of your big donors so he can funnel more money to your reelection campaign and eventually hire you as a lobbyist.
Peter n Lois wrote:
This has been tried in many states in regards to welfare recipients. It always results in an extremely small amount to virtually no positive tests. Meaning the states end up spending more money on drug testing than would have just not bothering. It's a money loser. But hey... Why not?
Correct. This is a political stunt and will just make more bureaucracy and more spending.
But hey, millions of taxper dollars in contracts for the testing will go to Trump's business cronies, some oh whom are already being appointed to make sure.
luv2run wrote:
Florida did that. Did not find savings and then lost a civil suit and then it was ruled a violation of the 4th Amendment.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article25114639.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/no-savings-found-in-florida-welfare-drug-tests.html
Who cares about the constitution? Trump is in power now, he'll say fck the constitution! Put in a 5th Amendment!!!
#MAGA!!!😂😂
Better test ol' Rex Tilly then.
DRINK F*CK FIGHT wrote:
luv2run wrote:Florida did that. Did not find savings and then lost a civil suit and then it was ruled a violation of the 4th Amendment.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article25114639.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/no-savings-found-in-florida-welfare-drug-tests.htmlWho cares about the constitution? Trump is in power now, he'll say fck the constitution! Put in a 5th Amendment!!!
#MAGA!!!😂😂
This post has the right to remain funny and will not have to ever incriminate itself
Rater of trollage wrote:
Okay, I have to go 7/10 here, just because everyone seems to have ignored the OP's comment about tobacco (which, like alcohol, *is* a drug) abuse.
Well played, OP.
LRC:
Where forum posters cry about soda tax (eg Philadelphia) and subscription fees for Flotrack, but hate on welfare recipients buying soda, whine about the taxpayer cost of food assistance, while wanting to increase the taxpayer cost through mandatory drug testing.
There's a flo track tax?
Him included? Senators, congressman, CIA? Everyone who gets "anything" from the federal government?
I bet Trump and half the positions are out there snorting coke. I seriously doubt this would make it past the house and senate committees let alone ever go to a vote.