Posted on 06/02/2015 5:47:35 PM PDT by concernedcitizen76
While most Americans like the idea of drug testing for welfare recipients, they LOVE the idea of drug testing for members of Congress.
According to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, 64 percent of Americans favor requiring welfare recipients to submit to random drug testing -- a measure pushed by Republican lawmakers in recent years -- while 18 percent oppose it. But an even stronger majority said they're in favor of random drug testing for members of Congress, by a 78 percent to 7 percent margin. Sixty-two percent said they "strongly" favor drug testing for congressional lawmakers, compared to only 51 percent who said the same of welfare recipients.
The House of Representatives passed legislation this year that would allow states to require food stamp recipients to pee in cups to prove they're not on drugs. In 2012, Republicans pushed for drug testing of people seeking unemployment insurance benefits when they lose their jobs. At the state level, GOP lawmakers across the country have sought drug testing for an array of safety net programs.
While drug testing for both welfare recipients and lawmakers received support across party lines in the new poll, the congressional proposal was the one more likely to bring Americans together. Eighty-six percent of Republicans, 77 percent of Democrats and 75 percent of independents said they want drug testing for members of Congress.
Republicans felt especially strongly about drug testing of welfare recipients, with 87 percent favoring it and only 9 percent opposed. Among Democrats, 50 percent favored and 28 percent opposed drug testing of welfare recipients, while independents were in favor by a 64 percent to 16 percent margin.
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I agree, ALL Public Servants, Public Officials, Public Employees and OFFICERS OF THE COURT should be required to take a drug test every 3 days, with the penalty being a FELONY, Punishable by not less than 1 year in the County Jail, General Population, Termination of ALL Retiremant Benefits.
For the Record I am Morally Opposed to “The War On Controlled Substances not Available by Prescription”, But since we got it, they should live up to it, in Spades.!
With the congress we have I would have them pee into a metal coffee can.
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Wired to 120 volt.
It’s scary to think that some of them may act the way 5 hey do straight and sober.
“The scariest thing would be that they all passed with flying colors.”
Never happen.
I’m pretty sure the Kenyan Usurper is still choomin’ ...
The Choom is In The Room”
Obies perpetually stoned....pass it on!
id give that opinion a 99.9 percent... accuracy rating
drinking in DC is rampant and not considered a problem.
Agent Orange and SHillary come to mind.
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