TIME TO DRUG TEST THESE FREELOADERS WHO ARE SPONGING OFF THE GOVERNMENT!!!

[MADem]

Let's hold these bums accountable!!!!



http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/06/16/3788980/moore-drug-test-wealthy/

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) has had enough of the growing movement to drug test poor people who need government assistance. So on Tuesday, she’s introducing a bill that she says will make things fairer.
Her “Top 1% Accountability Act” would require anyone claiming itemized tax deductions of over $150,000 in a given year to submit a clean drug test. If a filer doesn’t submit a clean test within three months of filing, he won’t be able to take advantage of tax deductions like the mortgage interest deduction or health insurance tax breaks. Instead he would have to make use of the standard deduction.
Her office has calculated that the people impacted will be those who make at least $500,000 a year. “By drug testing those with itemized deductions over $150,000, this bill will level the playing field for drug testing people who are the recipients of social programs,” a memo on her bill notes.
Moore has a personal stake in the fight. “I am a former welfare recipient,” she explained. “I’ve used food stamps, I’ve received Aid for Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, Head Start for my kids, Title XX daycare [subsidies]. I’m truly grateful for the social safety net.”
Ten states require applicants to their cash welfare programs to undergo a drug test. States are currently barred from implementing drug testing for the food stamps program, but Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has sued the federal government to allow him to do so and has gotten some Congressional Republican support.
Moore has been frustrated to witness attempts to tie those who avail themselves of the safety net to drug use. “Republicans continue to criminalize poverty and to put forward the narrative, the false narrative in fact, that people who are poor and reliant upon the social safety net are drug users,” she said.
In fact, evidence from test results among states that test welfare recipients indicates that they are no more likely to use drugs than the general population — in fact, they may be less likely.
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[ZombieHorde]

1. Good political theater,

but I would rather see drugs legalized than continue to search people's bodily fluids and fill our prisons with nonviolent people.

[MADem]

2. Well, the first step is often mockery.

This isn't about prisons (which are an important but separate issue), this is about drug testing in exchange for receipt of a government benefit.


I think it's great theater, in this case. Sort of like the VIAGRA LEGISLATION aimed at male legislators who were overly interested in what women did with their bodies....

[sheshe2]

3. Yup, the Viagra Legislation was priceless!

[MADem]

6. I loved the fact that it made the Ovarian Inspection Brigades nervous! nt

[ZombieHorde]

5. I agree. :) nt

[sheshe2]

4. K&R!

[secondwind]

7. K&R!

[Ghost in the Machine]

8. Add "ALL members of Congress" to the list! N/T

[Angry Dragon]

9. kick