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Curmudgeoness

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6. "Since the legislation didn't include additional funding......"

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 04:12 PM

Dec 2013

This is the way it always is. Some hare-brained mandate that has to be paid for by "someone else". I have heard that Florida tried this, and it cost them a fortune and did not decrease the numbers on welfare. You go for it, Minnesota, reinvent the wheel.

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Minnesota Officials Complain That Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Is A Waste Of Time And Money [View all] Scuba Dec 2013 OP

More attempts to vilify and humiliate the poor n/t etherealtruth Dec 2013 #1

Spot on. n/t Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #2

In MO, it cost $25,000 per drug user to perform the tests bcool Dec 2013 #3

They failed to report SCVDem Dec 2013 #12

When you elect idiots..... DeSwiss Dec 2013 #4

You forgot to name the idiots-they are Republicans who insisted on this testing Stargazer99 Dec 2013 #5

I didn't forget. DeSwiss Dec 2013 #7

If your goal is to torment poor people and divert resources away from them... Jerry442 Dec 2013 #9

Evil AND stupid. DeSwiss Dec 2013 #11

Governor Mark Dayton did not veto the legislation, he signed it. Jenoch Dec 2013 #14

"Since the legislation didn't include additional funding......" Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #6

They've never proved that it works. DeSwiss Dec 2013 #8

Hmmm The party of small government!! oldandhappy Dec 2013 #10

Amen. nt Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #13