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Kasich not sure about welfare drug tests
TweetPublished: Tue, December 13, 2011 @ 9:30 a.m.
COLUMBUS (AP) — Gov. John Kasich says he’s not sure about the idea of requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test.
He says one factor to consider is what happens to children when parents fail drug tests and are denied benefits. The Columbus Dispatch reports the Republican governor said in response to an audience question at an event Monday that the interests of taxpayers must be balanced against what’s right and compassionate.
A Republican-backed bill calls for tying Ohio welfare assistance to drug tests. In response, a Democratic lawmaker has proposed that elected officials and recipients of federal bailout money be drug-tested, too.
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This was a disaster in Florida. The amount of money spent testing was huge and the amount of people caught was miniscule.
When a person looks for a JOB he is tested why not for a person collecting welfare?
The people need their medication . Kasich needs the votes . . ..
The Florida Gov thought it was a great idea since he owns a drug testing company! Let those profits roll in!
Maybe Gov. John Kasich won't pass a drug test. Don't forget to add testing to unemployeed. For a fact: Our company had an opening for 10 postions. We had 80 applicants. 25 could not pass a drug test,
The amount of money spent testing I feel will be woth it. Make it a visible test so that they can't play games with the system. That way there is no submitting someone else urine. for their test. That do this is the Olympics.