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Comrade Grumpy

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10. The Constitution protects us from the government, but not from employers.

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 02:33 PM

Apr 2013

"I have to get drug tested for my job, why shouldn't they get drug tested?"

The Fourth Amendment requires the government to have probable cause to do a drug test, but the only protections you have against employers are the ones you negotiate, either individually (good luck with that) or through collective bargaining.

It's pitiful and amazing how Americans have fallen into this notion that they have to pee in a cup to be able to get a job at Walmart. We didn't do that before the 1980s, you know, the Reagan era.

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Why Drug Testing For The Poor is a Bulls*** Idea [View all] riqster Apr 2013 OP

People don't get to lose Constitutional rights because they are poor. swayne Apr 2013 #1

A-Men. nt riqster Apr 2013 #2

Drug testing of the poor is an excellent idea ... Scuba Apr 2013 #3

Jesus used to drug test the poor before he healed and fed them. The Link Apr 2013 #4

Found in the "Fox-Apocrypha", no doubt. riqster Apr 2013 #5

They want us to get used to being treated like cattle. nt bemildred Apr 2013 #6

Come on, it saved Florida a whole -$200,000! nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #7

After they spent a few mill on it. riqster Apr 2013 #8

In the republican altered reality it is not a Bulls*** idea........ wandy Apr 2013 #9

Testing is Great idea to create permanent criminal underclass Land Shark Apr 2013 #11

The Constitution protects us from the government, but not from employers. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2013 #10