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MillennialDem

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49. I would say it's a scam at work and should be illegal as well. I don't use drugs, so the only

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 09:55 AM

Apr 2016

thing that can happen with a drug test is the truth or a false positive. There is absolutely no benefit to me from drug testing. That and it's none of my employer's business anyway.

Restrict drug and alcohol testing to a few specialized jobs (like pilots).

I know it's not for lining pockets like it is for public assistance, but both are BS.

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The double-standard of making the poor prove they’re worthy of government benefits [View all] gollygee Apr 2016 OP

k and r dembotoz Apr 2016 #1

Do not tell me Bernie's candidacy has no impact on the discussion du jur angstlessk Apr 2016 #2

WaPO,is the Paper of the 1%ers. Wellstone ruled Apr 2016 #3

I did not know so I checked and it's actually not a rare topic gollygee Apr 2016 #4

The WP is an excellent newspaper that has long covered topics such as poverty, Nitram Apr 2016 #9

I now have to agree... angstlessk Apr 2016 #10

I think they get confused sometimes around here... Wounded Bear Apr 2016 #25

Agreed, Washington Times and the New York Post angstlessk Apr 2016 #26

K&R silvershadow Apr 2016 #5

I asked an agent about this at our local public assistance office Orrex Apr 2016 #6

i hope there were others hopemountain Apr 2016 #13

We need to drug-test the people who approve the forms ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 #17

+1 n/t warrprayer Apr 2016 #71

Getting the middle class to attack the poor instead of the rich is a winning strategy Major Nikon Apr 2016 #7

+1 daleanime Apr 2016 #20

+2 classykaren Apr 2016 #40

+1 n/t Nevernose Apr 2016 #44

The small number that abuse the system get the press and encourage more restrictions. FLPanhandle Apr 2016 #8

This is a well established MSM propaganda tactic. Dustlawyer Apr 2016 #45

I "love" the hot coffee lawsuit logic of tort reformers. "but she spilled coffee" - "yes but it was MillennialDem Apr 2016 #50

^^^This^^^n/t Gormy Cuss Apr 2016 #64

It's not as if right wing hatred of the poor is rooted in any sort of common sense... MrScorpio Apr 2016 #11

It makes sens to the Right Wingers Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #66

"jump thru hoops" redruddyred Apr 2016 #75

A divisive tactic used to take even more away from the poor...feeds into stereotypes as well. Jefferson23 Apr 2016 #12

K&R Solly Mack Apr 2016 #14

If Ms Badger Needs to Invoke Masalow's Hierarchy: On the Road Apr 2016 #15

No, sounds like she's working hard.... daleanime Apr 2016 #21

K&R Paka Apr 2016 #16

Regarding the first ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 #18

Every white suburbanite has an anecdote Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #19

Sorry, this is as offensive as anything. Socal31 Apr 2016 #27

YMMV Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #28

Blanket an entire race of people... Socal31 Apr 2016 #29

I have no idea where you normally see anything Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #31

You know exactly what I mean. Socal31 Apr 2016 #32

"Good Day?" It's between 8:30 and 12:30. The continental US is covered in darkness. Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #33

If it helps I've seen Suburbanites of color that are just as bad, I've lived poor Dragonfli Apr 2016 #55

As a white suburbanite ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #43

By "every" I really meant "a large majority" Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #56

I knew exactly what you meant ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #58

And the point was that these legends play direcly to what the OP is saying Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #62

Stop trying to quantify it based on anecdotes. Gormy Cuss Apr 2016 #67

"Every" seemed simpler than the more accurate "disturbingly pervasive" Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #70

Yep, I've heard that stuff for years treestar Apr 2016 #79

I'd pretend it's offensive too if my agenda required as much LanternWaste Apr 2016 #61

Sorry, it's way less offensive. Gormy Cuss Apr 2016 #65

I just regard them as Republican Anecdotal Conveniences: HughBeaumont Apr 2016 #46

Yes, I've heard all of them Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2016 #51

OH THAT too!! HughBeaumont Apr 2016 #63

this list is perfect and very familiar ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #57

Which was never... scscholar Apr 2016 #77

My point, exactly ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #78

this should be its own OP, by the way ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #59

K&R rpannier Apr 2016 #22

I say we subject CEOs to drug screenings before they get our money. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #23

HELL, every congressman who serves at the state or fed level should be drug tested FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #53

Lots of straw men and red herrings. Igel Apr 2016 #24

So if a poor person gets a gift and pays rent with that gift and then uses his food card JDPriestly Apr 2016 #37

this is equally stupid redruddyred Apr 2016 #76

Turns out the guy who used food stamps to buy lobster... Human101948 Apr 2016 #41

I can guarantee this CA lobster guy was a James O'Keefe type plant... Human101948 Apr 2016 #42

Hmm. davidthegnome Apr 2016 #69

One of the best posts I've ever read on DU in all my 15 years. Avalon Sparks Apr 2016 #80

Sure, a scattered few abuse the system quaker bill Apr 2016 #82

K&R... spanone Apr 2016 #30

Tax breaks need to be replaced with subsidies and grants. It would be more honest and simpler Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2016 #34

K&R. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #35

Wherever homeless are giving FREE HOUSING, overall costs go down a lot. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2016 #36

Thank you. There are no hard and fast rules, but simply giving housing to the homeless JDPriestly Apr 2016 #38

Drug testing is a scam. blackspade Apr 2016 #39

I would say it's a scam at work and should be illegal as well. I don't use drugs, so the only MillennialDem Apr 2016 #49

Line of "what we don't do" is more blurred than you think? lostnfound Apr 2016 #47

Interesting. So when the economy tanks and there is a huge recession, ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #60

Because if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes true. The poor are spending their MillennialDem Apr 2016 #48

Most poor people cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #52

PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH SO THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS hollowdweller Apr 2016 #54

Like Skeletor's drug testing in FL Doctor_J Apr 2016 #68

Teachings of Christianity. If someone is a victim, they are somehow at fault for their own Amimnoch Apr 2016 #72

The rich get more welfare dollarwise, they need daily drug testing. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #73

surprised to see this from WaPo redruddyred Apr 2016 #74

Excellent Liberal_in_LA Apr 2016 #81