Just remember when you read this, "It's all about saving money. It's all about saving money."

[npk]

Then just whack yourself over the head with a frying pan and repeat.

http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-government/deal-oks-welfare-drug-1418822.html

Gov. Nathan Deal backed Georgia's proposal to drug-test parents who seek welfare, pushing the state towards a legal confrontation with opponents over the new law's fairness.

Deal signed House Bill 861 on Monday without ceremony. The bill will likely be challenged in court. The Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights affirmed it was preparing a lawsuit as the state moved ahead with the mandate. The American Civil Liberties Union has also had issues with the bill, which was among several approved by Deal during the day.

Under other bills signed, residents of DeKalb County's Brookhaven area will vote in July on whether to become Georgia's newest city; and scrap metal recyclers will be under stricter regulation.

The new drug-testing law requires parents who apply for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to pay for and pass a drug test that would cost at least $17. TANF provides temporary financial help to low-income families with children. Passing the drug test once would be a condition of eligibility to receive benefits.

Opponents argue that drug testing of welfare recipients violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches. Supporters believe it will save the state money and promote personal responsibility.

This is what this racist shit bag was all too happy to throw his support behind something that really had teeth to further subject the poor in this state to true humiliation and ridicule of the likes his scumbag state reps were all too giddy to put before the floor.

[SomethingFishy]

1. People don't fucking learn...

When they tried this in Florida the number of people who tested positive was so low that it actually cost the state more money to give out the test than they saved in "welfare fraud".

Fucking idiots.

[Laurian]

2. The real objective is shame and humiliation, saving money is not the primary concern

of the Republican legislature here in Georgia. They want to please the hard core tea party folks.
I hope karma finds these assholes.

[DCKit]

3. Easier to swallow if the law included testing elected officials for drugs. nt