View Full Version : Guess how many people tested positive in Michigan's drug-testing welfare program?
Cigar
06-28-2016, 02:54 PM
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Right now the only thing that people applying for public assistance in Michigan are testing positive for is high levels of lead. Governor Rick Snyder, who should probably be in jail, had a Republican pilot program going that forced drug testing on people needing public assistance. The wording was something like “poor people are drug addicts who are using good white folks’ hard-earned tax dollars to buy drugs and sleep with your white children,” and the pilot program has been a success in punishing people for being poor and predominantly not white. (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/21/michigan-welfare-drug-testing-program) But otherwise, it turns out it is a colossal waste of time and money and it dehumanizes people for being poor.
Not a single welfare recipient or applicant has tested positive for banned drugs in a Michigan (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/michigan) pilot program, part of the growing practice of screening beneficiaries of government assistance for drug abuse.
The Michigan program began last October and covers Allegan, Clinton and Marquette counties. As of May, a total of 303 applicants and recipients for the state’s Family Independence Program, which provides temporary cash assistance, have participated in the pilot program. Zero have tested positive, the state said.When the program concludes, the state department of health and human services has 60 days to produce a report on its results.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/6/27/1542917/-Guess-how-many-people-have-tested-positive-in-Michigan-s-drug-testing-welfare-program-Zero?detail=email&link_id=5&can_id=5881edd36bf2690d1c7ff7ed0407b8fe&source=email-gun-activist-mama-shoots-her-kids-she-was-so-afraid-someone-would-take-her-guns-someone-should-have&email_referrer=gun-activist-mama-shoots-her-kids-she-was-so-afraid-someone-would-take-her-guns-someone-should-have&email_subject=gun-activist-mama-shoots-her-kids-she-was-so-afraid-someone-would-take-her-guns-someone-should-have
Private Pickle
06-28-2016, 02:55 PM
So it's working. Good.
The Xl
06-28-2016, 02:56 PM
Not that surprising. Most people on welfare don't have the disposable income to have a big drug habit. Most blacks use at the same rate as whites anyway, so this was likely a racist witch hunt, one that actually has legs.
Cigar
06-28-2016, 02:58 PM
So it's working. Good.
This works also ... try it on sport :laugh:
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Cigar
06-28-2016, 02:59 PM
Not that surprising. Most people on welfare don't have the disposable income to have a big drug habit. Most blacks use at the same rate as whites anyway, so this was likely a racist witch hunt, one that actually has legs.
Unfortunately at Tax Payer Expense and the same time they are getting Water Bills for Water they can't Drink.
Private Pickle
06-28-2016, 03:00 PM
This works also ... try it on sport :laugh:
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What exactly is the point of this post?
Tahuyaman
06-28-2016, 03:01 PM
So it's working. Good.
Right, good news. I guess some liberals don't like good news?
The Xl
06-28-2016, 03:02 PM
Unfortunately at Tax Payer Expense and the same time they are getting Water Bills for Water they can't Drink.
Your not really going to hear an argument from me that the poor, black or white, get fucked. We just have different solutions to fixing the problem.
Tahuyaman
06-28-2016, 03:03 PM
What exactly is the point of this post?
He must be getting confused about the thread topic once again.
Standing Wolf
06-28-2016, 03:06 PM
I call BS. I have a number of unanswered questions about the so-called "drug testing". In other highly-publicized programs, such as the one in Florida, only those who had been arrested for a drug-related offense within a certain number of months or years were tested and donors were given advance notice of the testing. (Most drugs of abuse only stay in the urine at a reportable level for 2-3 days.) Were they even watched while providing their samples? What drugs were tested for?
Cigar
06-28-2016, 03:08 PM
What exactly is the point of this post?
Exposing GOP Legislation ...
But more importantly, I can post whatever the F'ck I want, whenever the F'ck I feel like it.
Are We Clear?
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Private Pickle
06-28-2016, 03:08 PM
Exposing GOP Legislation ...
But more importantly, I can post whatever the F'ck I want, whenever the F'ck I feel like it.
Are We Clear?
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Retard is as retard does...
Cigar
06-28-2016, 03:11 PM
I call BS. I have a number of unanswered questions about the so-called "drug testing". In other highly-publicized programs, such as the one in Florida, only those who had been arrested for a drug-related offense within a certain number of months or years were tested and donors were given advance notice of the testing. (Most drugs of abuse only stay in the urine at a reportable level for 2-3 days.) Were they even watched while providing their samples? What drugs were tested for?
And there you have it, another piece of data for a Republican-created piece of legislation. Along with Florida’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/10/1350797/-Racist-and-idiotic-Florida-drug-testing-law-struck-down-by-federal-appeals-court) and Arizona’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/7/22/1404639/-Arizona-drug-tested-87-000-welfare-recipients-and-found-they-are-flushing-taxpayer-dollars) and Tennessee’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/9/1482361/-Tennessee-s-welfare-drug-testing-program-is-wasting-money-and-not-finding-anybody-on-drugs), we can now add a new terrible Republican-le(a)d initiative to the heap of their failed policy ideas.
Call the State of Michigan or better yet ... http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/drug-testing-and-public-assistance.aspx
Truth Detector
06-28-2016, 03:12 PM
Yep, in liberal loony land, one should be able to get Government freebies without having to do anything other than to show up with your hand out. DERP
Cigar
06-28-2016, 03:13 PM
Retard is as retard does...
Do with it as you please ... :wink:
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Cigar
06-28-2016, 03:13 PM
Step One: Denial :laugh:
Truth Detector
06-28-2016, 03:14 PM
And there you have it, another piece of data for a Republican-created piece of legislation. Along with Florida’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/10/1350797/-Racist-and-idiotic-Florida-drug-testing-law-struck-down-by-federal-appeals-court) and Arizona’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/7/22/1404639/-Arizona-drug-tested-87-000-welfare-recipients-and-found-they-are-flushing-taxpayer-dollars) and Tennessee’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/9/1482361/-Tennessee-s-welfare-drug-testing-program-is-wasting-money-and-not-finding-anybody-on-drugs), we can now add a new terrible Republican-le(a)d initiative to the heap of their failed policy ideas.
Call the State of Michigan or better yet ... http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/drug-testing-and-public-assistance.aspx
Clue for the clueless; when your link starts with "Racist and idiotic Florida drug testing law ", it's probably not going to contain ANY facts and highly biased to the Liberul dimwitted side. DERP
Damn, you Liberuls really are low information dolts aren't you? :biglaugh:
Private Pickle
06-28-2016, 03:15 PM
Do with it as you please ... :wink:
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I'll just keep calling a spade a spade...
Truth Detector
06-28-2016, 03:15 PM
Step One: Denial :laugh:
Benghazi! DERP Good lord dude, buy yourself a mirror so you can see a reflection of the hypocrisy you wallow in. :biglaugh:
Truth Detector
06-28-2016, 03:15 PM
I'll just keep calling a spade a spade...
Be careful; that could be mistaken for racist. :biglaugh:
Cigar
06-28-2016, 03:16 PM
I'll just keep calling a spade a spade...
... on the Internet :f_applause:
Private Pickle
06-28-2016, 03:18 PM
Be careful; that could be mistaken for racist. :biglaugh:
/shrug
Private Pickle
06-28-2016, 03:18 PM
... on the Internet :f_applause:
Yes we are on the internet. You're self-awareness is staggering...
Standing Wolf
06-28-2016, 03:53 PM
And there you have it, another piece of data for a Republican-created piece of legislation. Along with Florida’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/10/1350797/-Racist-and-idiotic-Florida-drug-testing-law-struck-down-by-federal-appeals-court) and Arizona’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/7/22/1404639/-Arizona-drug-tested-87-000-welfare-recipients-and-found-they-are-flushing-taxpayer-dollars) and Tennessee’s example (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/9/1482361/-Tennessee-s-welfare-drug-testing-program-is-wasting-money-and-not-finding-anybody-on-drugs), we can now add a new terrible Republican-le(a)d initiative to the heap of their failed policy ideas.
Call the State of Michigan or better yet ... http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/drug-testing-and-public-assistance.aspx
Cigar, grab onto something solid - not that! - and try to focus. A flawed "test" proves nothing. I wouldn't believe an alleged outcome like that if they were drug screening nuns.
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