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TheBlackAdder

(28,154 posts)
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 01:25 AM Apr 2019

TANF Drug Testing By 13 States: Who the fuck is getting primo contracts that fleece taxpayers?

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While the whole premise of drug testing public assistance recipients is mostly done to humiliate and punish them, check out the cost to taxpayers for performing such an action. Some states do it on the cheap, others, not so much. Perhaps preferred contractors are the reason for the cost variances.


AL - No Tests
AR - 3 Tests, $4,995 each
AZ - No Tests
KS - 184 Tests, $252 each
ME - 41 Tests, $62 each
MO - 160 Tests, $50 each
MS - 51 Tests, $289 each
NC - 321 Tests, $50 each
OK - 698 Tests, $75 each
TN - 187 Tests, $47 each
UT - 308 Tests, $67 each
WI - 26 Tests, Somewhere between $25 - $100 each
WV- 492 Tests, $31 each


https://thinkprogress.org/states-cost-drug-screening-testing-tanf-applicants-welfare-2018-results-data-0fe9649fa0f8/

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TANF Drug Testing By 13 States: Who the fuck is getting primo contracts that fleece taxpayers? (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Apr 2019 OP
Well, you do know the poor Doreen Apr 2019 #1
You gotta pee in the cup.... safeinOhio Apr 2019 #2

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
1. Well, you do know the poor
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 02:00 AM
Apr 2019

are responsible for anything that takes anything from the rich and we can all afford drugs.

What a bunch of asswipes.

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