[The Final Dakar]

Yet another Obama reg repealed. Let's hear it: Who here is for drug testing? Other than emotional satisfaction or just vindictiveness, I don't see the point. All this does is enrich drug testing companies.

[OreoCookie]

At the very least, no matter where you stand on it, it should make financial sense to do so, and so far that doesn't seem to be the case.

[OAW]

It's just throwing red meat to the GOP base. It has no basis if fiscally prudent policy at all as the link above makes abundantly clear. But OTOH there is always this irony.

GOP Rep. Trey Radel, Busted On Cocaine Charge, Voted For Drug Testing Food Stamp Recipients

OAW

[andi*pandi]

It's something that sounds like a valid idea, certainly my facebook feed is in favor of it, but the cost benefit doesn't seem to show it saves us any money. Could the threat of looming random testing be a middle ground? There would probably be issues with "random."

[The Final Dakar]

It's basically voter id for welfare. Sounds logical in theory but in reality the violation rate is very low.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

It's something that sounds like a valid idea, certainly my facebook feed is in favor of it, but the cost benefit doesn't seem to show it saves us any money. Could the threat of looming random testing be a middle ground? There would probably be issues with "random."

If drug tests were used as a scalpel, e. g. to prevent children from growing up with addicts as parents, then spending the money makes sense. However, their blanket use is a waste of money according to the data, and should therefore be discontinued.

[BadKosh]

So some welfare scammer has a meth lab in the basement and it catches fire. You seem to disconnect the mindset of addicts from being welfare recipients.

[andi*pandi]

That escalated quickly.

[The Final Dakar]

Originally Posted by BadKosh 

So some welfare scammer has a meth lab in the basement and it catches fire. You seem to disconnect the mindset of addicts from being welfare recipients.

You seem to disconnect that the number of freeloading meth cooks is minuscule compared to the number of welfare recipients.

[Doc HM]

Originally Posted by BadKosh 

So some welfare scammer has a meth lab in the basement and it catches fire. You seem to disconnect the mindset of addicts from being welfare recipients.

yup there's that careful appreciation of nuanced and complex situations again.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by BadKosh 

So some welfare scammer has a meth lab in the basement and it catches fire. You seem to disconnect the mindset of addicts from being welfare recipients.

???
Have you seen the statistics? They are much lower than the population average, and a meth lab isn't something agencies dealing with welfare should be concerned about, but law enforcement.

[Cap'n Tightpants]

a meth lab isn't something agencies dealing with welfare should be concerned about

Yeah, because they don't involve the public's welfare at all.

[BadKosh]

People are far too trusting/gullible. Where are the anti-corruption/scamming mechanisms in the legislation?