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Posted: Nov 11, 2015

If you need to apply for unemployment in Wisconsin, you have to now pass a drug test--even though you have earned those benefits.

 This is thanks to former Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker and Republican controlled state legislature.   Thanks be to the higher powers that made him come to his senses and realize he was not presidential material.  Can you imagine how he would have set the entire country back?  Makes me sick to my stomach.  

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No problem. - Stop using.

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Simple.

How dare you suggest people be responsible for - their own actions. Why, whoever

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heard of such a thing! (sarc)

Liberals use society as a euphemism for government. It's a con. - It traces back to the 18th centruy. Thomas Paine

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rebutted that con in Chapter One of Common Sense.

How humiliating! What next? - nm

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Its a real slap in the face - First outsourced

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first you lose your job through no fault of your own and then you are forced to pee in a cup.


It does not make a lot of sense to me. I used to work in a construction based company that would shut down in the winter. It is a standard practice in our northern states that when you are unemployed for "the season" you draw unemployment for the 3 months or so when you cannot do your job because of the weather. Now all of these employees will be subjected to the indignity of having to pee in a cup.

If you make minimum wage you qualify for food stamps - see message

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To think that there are some who want people working full time and people who have lost their jobs to have to be drug tested is just mean and heartless.


When the Republicans say they want the minimum wage eliminated, are they ever asked about the taxpayer subsidies to the workers who need government assistance just to eat? Talk about a disconnect with the people.

A lot of people have drug tests as part of pre-employment physicals. - sm

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Why would a company want to hire a user?

Why would a company want to pay unemployment benefits to a user?

It is not offensive or humiliating. Oh wait, maybe it is for those who are users. They may get caught.

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