Cajsa or Oscar says Jan 20, 2012 07:50AM and now they want drug testing for unemployment insurance, too I wonder if those who were so sanguine about
QueenKellee Jan 20, 2012 05:07PM they already did it in florida for a bit and it was a complete waste of money, time, resources. a minicule amount of ppl tested positive
QueenKellee Jan 20, 2012 05:08PM and mostly for marijuana, which shouldn't even be illegal and doesn't mean they are "addicts" or using any $$ for drugs
Prairie thinks Jan 20, 2012 05:27PM it'd b a waste of resources, IMO. Seems sort of "Nanny State." Besides - I'm on unemployment and don't do drugs - where's my job?!
Freq Jan 20, 2012 05:29PM isn't the party line "smaller government, less government?" Clear contradiction, here.
Rowan Jan 20, 2012 09:29PM It's only "smaller government" so they can fit it into your home and bedroom.
Rowan Jan 20, 2012 09:30PM The only people who should be subjected to drug tests are those whose jobs will actually impact people if they're high - i.e.
Cajsa or Oscar Jan 20, 2012 10:02PM The thing that's so crazy here is that people pay unemployment insurance premiums, or their employer pays while they are working. They
Cajsa or Oscar Jan 20, 2012 10:03PM are entitled to it when they are laid off. If they get fired because of drug use, well firing for cause does not qualify for unemployment
Cajsa or Oscar Jan 20, 2012 10:03PM so this is just more victimizing people for being on the receiving end of bad luck and a bad economy and spending money that should
Cajsa or Oscar Jan 20, 2012 10:04PM go for other things on punishing people for being poor and in need. If there were a hell, there would be a special place in it for those who
Cajsa or Oscar Jan 20, 2012 10:04PM try to make the lives of the poor more miserable and who spend their time thinking of more ways to victimize them.
moo Money says Jan 20, 2012 11:48PM Everything but marijuana stays in your system for only like 3-7 days, so they'd have to constantly test them to discover anything amiss.
Anichka Jan 21, 2012 12:05AM I think the FL case also brought out constitutional concerns because it could be argued that it's a violation of the 4th amendment