In an enormous surprise to nobody who saw it fail miserably in Florida, it turns out that drug-testing applicants for welfare doesn't work well anywhere else, either. [contextly_sidebar id="HkeAblc1n9XRHFLePVBZ4Uo1DoyEBKhi"] Think Progress reviewed the seven states that currently require applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and found that they're all spending a huge amount of money to "ferret out very few drug users." Imagine that! In addition to being found unconstitutional, at least in Florida so far, the programs don't find many drug users: a far smaller percentage than in the general population. But that's not stopping about a dozen other states -- including Montana, Texas, West Virginia, and the
What do you mean they don't work? they make the lives of poor people harder, and make money for the private companies administering the tests. I'd say they work exactly as their Republiscam authors intended them to.
You know that factoid about 80% of dollar bills have traces of cocaine? New studies have shown that in the greater D.C. area, those results are closer to 95%.
Well politics in general is famous/infamous for leaks, just sayin'.
'The tests aren't very accurate below 70.'- IQ testing company
What do you mean they don't work? they make the lives of poor people harder, and make money for the private companies administering the tests. I'd say they work exactly as their Republiscam authors intended them to.
You can't tell by how they act? Incessant snacking on sound bites, disjointed speech, hallucinations about an invisible sky man.
It's been working for centuries. Why change it now?
More importantly - how many of them are so alcoholic that they start the day with a Bloody Mary or a beer?
THAT is the big question.
How many of them are just flat drunken bums like the SOTH?
Question 1 Do you currently possess a refrigerator? A Yes B No
Question 2 Have you, in the last 12 months, tried pulling yourself up by your bootstraps? Please give an example below.
Question 3 In the Last 12 months, have you ever thought you are or should be treated as an equal by your local job creators?
That's your answer to every problem!
You know that factoid about 80% of dollar bills have traces of cocaine? New studies have shown that in the greater D.C. area, those results are closer to 95%.
For I was a woman and you made me piss into a cup, while you watched, with a camcorder.....
... and by "a cup" of course I meant "your mouth"
Bush/Clinton family libel!!!!!
Georgia’s drug testing is currently on hold while it’s being (drug) tested in the courts. FIFY
don't fix it if it ain't broken
for the last time, people...it takes (at minimum) a middle-class-good-paying job to be able to afford decent narcotics these days
the fact that they aren't catching anyone clearly means the program is working. logic, duh.