LOL what a dipshiat, I bet he gets out of it though.

What does one have to do with the other?

HawgWild: What does one have to do with the other?

About as much as receiving public assistance has to do with passing a drug test. But mainly it's about a holier then thou fark being reminded that when you try and micromanage the lives of others, people are going to look at your own with more scrutiny.

You know, this was really just inevitable. This always happens when Republicans try shiat like this. And then they'll dodge like hell when anyone points out the hypocrisy.

GAT_00: You know, this was really just inevitable. This always happens when Republicans try shiat like this. And then they'll dodge like hell when anyone points out the hypocrisy.

Why is it hypocrisy? It's not like he is on welfare ...

Kumana Wanalaia: HawgWild: GAT_00: You know, this was really just inevitable. This always happens when Republicans try shiat like this. And then they'll dodge like hell when anyone points out the hypocrisy.

Why is it hypocrisy? It's not like he is on welfare ...

He took a position that people shouldn't use drugs, then he does something irresponsible (ie driving) while under the influence.

It's important that we don't reward bad behavior and poor life choices.

But only if they are poor, not well connected, and preferably Democrat.

Lost Thought 00: He earned his paycheck by working hard, unlike welfare recipients who simply sit around eating dorritos and getting high using your hard earned tax dollars.

He could have had a stash of pot before going on welfare. He could have grown it. Might be a gift. I could see many scenarios in which the high didn't cost the tax payers a dime.

Darklemming: These two have nothing in common.

What's the argument against drug testing welfare recipients again? Many jobs require you to drug test before you can work for your money. But for free money is a violation of privacy?

Because its a waste of money - Florida's brief experiment proved that.

Because the rate of drug use is right around the rate of false positives. Again, Florida.

Because most people on welfare have kids, and some of us think that letting a kid go without, say, electricity or heat because mom took a hit when someone passed a joint around at the bridge game is ridiculous.

I really wish these people didn't have such punchable faces. Who names their kid Kip?

Dammit, I just noticed the tie after submitting that. I'm gonna go grab a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream.

HawgWild: GAT_00: You know, this was really just inevitable. This always happens when Republicans try shiat like this. And then they'll dodge like hell when anyone points out the hypocrisy.

Why is it hypocrisy? It's not like he is on welfare ...

Welfare: money from the state. He gets paid by the state. It's why opposition proposed that state legislators be tested as well. Seems to have proved his opponents point well.

FTA: "Smith is a sponsor of Georgia House Bill 464, which would "require random drug testing" for citizens on public assistance. In response to Smith's legislation, State Rep. Scott Holcomb introduced a bill last month that would require all state lawmakers to be subject to random drug testing."

Someone slap a hero tag on Rep. Scott Holcomb. If they want to do something like that to people on public assistance, they should be subject to the same government overreach.

Not that I think anyone should be subjected to random drug testing because what people do on their own time is nobody's business but theirs so long as nobody else is being endangered by it.

spamdog: Darklemming: What's the argument against drug testing welfare recipients again? Many jobs require you to drug test before you can work for your money. But for free money is a violation of privacy?

The fact that the vast majority of welfare recipients aren't on drugs (drugs are expensive), and that it costs more to actually carry out the tests.

Or the assertion that you'd have to be a junkie to be on welfare.

What a dick.

Darklemming: What's the argument against drug testing welfare recipients again? Many jobs require you to drug test before you can work for your money. But for free money is a violation of privacy?

Why not drug test to get tax credits, social security, driver's licenses, or to fly on a plane? Where are you drawing the line, right before the people who are you?

GAT_00: You know, this was really just inevitable. This always happens when Republicans try shiat like this. And then they'll dodge like hell when anyone points out the hypocrisy.

It's called projection. It's something they do, so they believe the other side does it also -- and they must stop them. Like election fraud.

jaytkay: Q: When George W Bush (R, cocaine & alcohol abuse) signed the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) program, why were the recipients excluded from drug testing?

The Onion explained it best:

Drugs Legal if User is Gainfully Employed.