this yahoo is spewing this nonsense on FAUX 'NEWS'?
Florida legislator wants random drug tests for the unemployed
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Employers have justified drug tests in the workplace by pointing to such negative effects of drug use as absenteeism and work-related injuries. Now a Florida legislator has proposed that random drug-testing also be applied to those receiving unemployment insurance, justifying it as a way to make state funds go further.
Florida State Senator Michael S. Bennett told Fox News host Steve Doocy on Monday that with the unemployment rate in his recession-battered state running between 10% and 11%, he worries that the Unemployment Trust Fund might be exhausted.
"I wanted to ensure that people who are qualified for unemployment -- that the money would be there when they actually go down and get unemployment and that we weren't supporting the people who were not able to go to work," Bennett explained. "It was nothing against the people who were using the drugs as much as it was to ensure that the people who needed unemployment, it would be there when they got there."...........
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On one hand, drug tests can be handy for companies and their employees. However, drug tests on the unemployed is a little strange for me.. Isn't there better use of our taxes than checking if someone is zonked or not? I'd rather see our taxes go to useful projects, stuff people actually give a damn about.
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