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I just don't see it that way.But it's not freedom if you are FORCED to take a drug test for no reason of your own accord, in my book.
You're not being forced to take the drug test because no one is forcing you to go on the dole. One has to apply for benefits and the test is simply part of the application process.
and if you take it that way, then anyone applying for gvt assistance, those in agriculture receiving subsidies, in the oil business receiving gvt subsidies, or any business reciving gvt assistance needs to have all employees drug tested or at least all of upper management in these businesses that receive gvt money, or those taking a child tax credit, or unemployment or social security should have to take a drug test in order to receive that assistance....
fair and just, no?
Nearly 1,600 Fla. welfare applicants decline to take drug test, fueling debate over new law
MIAMI State figures show that hundreds of welfare applicants in Florida have declined to take drug tests that have been required for the assistance since mid-July.
Thirty-two applicants failed the test, 7,028 passed and 1,597 didnt take it, according figures released Tuesday the Department of Children and Families. People who decline to take the test arent required to explain.
Proponents of the law have suggested applicants would be deterred because they knew they would test positive. Critics say applicants may not have taken the test because they couldnt afford the fee that can be as much as $35 or didnt have easy access to a testing facility.
Not sure how I feel about this.
I worked nearly 30 years before I retired....I never had to take a drug test for any job that I held.
Upper management NEVER has to take drug tests, and the corps that I worked for did not test their corporate office or field workers either. they only drug tested the employees that worked in the distribution center, because a lot of dangerous equipment to move the goods were present and needed to be operated.
No one in an office setting was drug tested. If they did not performed their job, then they were fired after the proper amount of write ups. they were not fired for doing drugs on their time off....they were fired if they could not perform the job they were paid to do...period.
As upper management, not once did I ever fire a person because of drugs....and I fired 11 out of the 12 employees I inherited at a new managers job once....leaving me and the 1 employee running the show until I could hire more...but again, not one of these people were fired for doing drugs, but for not doing their job and a few for stealing.
Nearly 1,600 Fla. welfare applicants decline to take drug test, fueling debate over new law
MIAMI State figures show that hundreds of welfare applicants in Florida have declined to take drug tests that have been required for the assistance since mid-July.
Thirty-two applicants failed the test, 7,028 passed and 1,597 didnt take it, according figures released Tuesday the Department of Children and Families. People who decline to take the test arent required to explain.
Proponents of the law have suggested applicants would be deterred because they knew they would test positive. Critics say applicants may not have taken the test because they couldnt afford the fee that can be as much as $35 or didnt have easy access to a testing facility.
Not sure how I feel about this.
alcohol is legal. They are testing for illegal drugs or drugs they are not prescribedNearly 1,600 Fla. welfare applicants decline to take drug test, fueling debate over new law
MIAMI State figures show that hundreds of welfare applicants in Florida have declined to take drug tests that have been required for the assistance since mid-July.
Thirty-two applicants failed the test, 7,028 passed and 1,597 didnt take it, according figures released Tuesday the Department of Children and Families. People who decline to take the test arent required to explain.
Proponents of the law have suggested applicants would be deterred because they knew they would test positive. Critics say applicants may not have taken the test because they couldnt afford the fee that can be as much as $35 or didnt have easy access to a testing facility.
Not sure how I feel about this.
are they doing alcohol testing, too?
either way... are you going to starve people for smoking a joint? pure harassment, imo.
I don't think welfare is a constitutionally guaranteed right so the state has the ability to hold recipients to whatever criteria they please.
But it's not freedom if you are FORCED to take a drug test for no reason of your own accord, in my book.
[I don't have a problem with it as it's voluntary. You voluntarily apply for government hand outs not one person has ever been forced to take government aid.
If you want tax payer money then take the drug test. Your choice 100%
Nearly 1,600 Fla. welfare applicants decline to take drug test, fueling debate over new law
MIAMI State figures show that hundreds of welfare applicants in Florida have declined to take drug tests that have been required for the assistance since mid-July.
Thirty-two applicants failed the test, 7,028 passed and 1,597 didnt take it, according figures released Tuesday the Department of Children and Families. People who decline to take the test arent required to explain.
Proponents of the law have suggested applicants would be deterred because they knew they would test positive. Critics say applicants may not have taken the test because they couldnt afford the fee that can be as much as $35 or didnt have easy access to a testing facility.
Not sure how I feel about this.
Same thing could be said about reporting crime to the police. Do you have no problem with police requiring drug tests for you to report a crime?
Does being poor in America enough to provide the government with "reasonable cause" under the Constitution for mandatory drug testing?
[In theory, the police cannot randomly stop people on the street and search them. BUT if you go into an airport, you WILL be searched. By going into the airport, you agree to be searched. Same with welfare, by accepting welfare, the recipient agrees to be drug tested.
It's implied consent.
Should
Doctors
Nurses
Bus Drivers
Teachers
Firemen
Policemen
Be drug tested?
I think it's perfectly reasonable when asking for free, taxpayer provided dollars, to be reasonably certain you're not spending the money on drugs.
Welfare is not a mandatory program.
The state of Georgia takes welfare every second of every day from the Feds.
Do we all have to take a drug test?
Do they test for prescription dope where they do not have a prescription?
No.
And prescription drug overdoses now lead illegal drugs at emergency rooms 10 to 1.
all politicans should be drug tested but are not, foreign aid receivers do not get tested
He swings, he misses.....
