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AlbertCat

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20. Don't forget to test for the 3 martini lunch!

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Thu Jun 16, 2016, 03:54 PM

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Congresswoman Who Used To Receive Welfare Wants To Drug Test Rich People Who Get Tax Breaks [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2016 OP

This is a good one!!!!! tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

Yes! Fantastic idea....LOVE it! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2016 #53

K&R n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #2

Every elected official should be drug tested Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #3

Sounds good to me. TryLogic Jun 2016 #9

a blood test and breathalyzer azureblue Jun 2016 #44

No one should, really. Gore1FL Jun 2016 #46

Hell with that. I think they should be required to do a bowl Amimnoch Jun 2016 #55

Yes, they'd still be tested, though klook Jun 2016 #56

LOL, fair enough ;). Eom Amimnoch Jun 2016 #69

They should be drug tested and thrown out if the results aren't positive Major Nikon Jun 2016 #58

Good one! LisaM Jun 2016 #4

LOL. Nice. Iggo Jun 2016 #5

I approve of this message rurallib Jun 2016 #6

I'd like to know what medication tRump is on. He should be using *something* (and he's rich). . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #7

I think he likes the snow too much azureblue Jun 2016 #45

He doesn't even drink... scscholar Jun 2016 #52

I didn't post an example. I know he doesn't drink. I think his body is making him slightly psychotic Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #54

KICK!! Now that is some Karma felix_numinous Jun 2016 #8

Um. No. Bad idea. phazed0 Jun 2016 #10

uh, hello, don't you think that is really her point? elljay Jun 2016 #11

Would rather have seen it presented as such.. phazed0 Jun 2016 #14

and how would it "actually pass"? annabanana Jun 2016 #16

Agreed. phazed0 Jun 2016 #17

Did you just fall off the truck? You are wanting to go back to the way it used to be, before jtuck004 Jun 2016 #63

"If we want to test people who are doing drugs" phazed0 Jun 2016 #64

The problem is no one cares, really, what you want. Or any of us. That's old jtuck004 Jun 2016 #67

K&R!!! 2naSalit Jun 2016 #12

And Drug Test Bank CEO's Urchin Jun 2016 #13

This too, and mandatory, annual and independent psychological evalutions for both. appalachiablue Jun 2016 #19

now you're talkin!!!!!! spanone Jun 2016 #15

GREAT idea IMO. Triana Jun 2016 #18

Don't forget to test for the 3 martini lunch! AlbertCat Jun 2016 #20

While I do see the point she's trying to make bluestateguy Jun 2016 #21

That's a good point treestar Jun 2016 #29

A drug test to keep your own money? DesMoinesDem Jun 2016 #22

Yes they are different, but is it just, to not pay your fair share? The Wielding Truth Jun 2016 #23

How is it not paying your fair share? DesMoinesDem Jun 2016 #32

I think that she is using this measure to call attention to inequality. Drug testing the rich is a The Wielding Truth Jun 2016 #35

Nope. sulphurdunn Jun 2016 #25

That makes no sense. DesMoinesDem Jun 2016 #33

You are correct. It is not an argument, sulphurdunn Jun 2016 #36

tax write offs treestar Jun 2016 #28

The government needs to make sure people with money are responsible and not on drugs? DesMoinesDem Jun 2016 #34

what's wrong with it? treestar Jun 2016 #37

I guess the refute would be reign88 Jun 2016 #62

Drugged rich people might mess up their exemptions! leftstreet Jun 2016 #39

Playing semantics SpankMe Jun 2016 #68

What if the person is a legal medicinal marijuana user? bluestateguy Jun 2016 #24

Last I heard marijuana is still Schedule I drug... Matt_R Jun 2016 #50

drug test the people who start wars and crash the eonomy Skittles Jun 2016 #26

I love it! treestar Jun 2016 #27

Amen Tsiyu Jun 2016 #30

This ^^^ n/t lordsummerisle Jun 2016 #43

Love it! choie Jun 2016 #31

I would like to see that the police are drug tested on a regular basis. pennylane100 Jun 2016 #38

May I add a breathalizer test at the beginning and end of a shift. n/t Matt_R Jun 2016 #51

Great! Most people who receive benefits are powerless. Chemisse Jun 2016 #40

Yes, please. Beartracks Jun 2016 #41

BWAAAAAAHHHHHHH! SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #42

always liked that one. niyad Jun 2016 #48

k and r. LOVE IT. would also require all upper management in all MIC and corporate offices to niyad Jun 2016 #47

Just SO RIGHT. ( nt) maddiemom Jun 2016 #49

Gwen Moore you are awesome!! n/t zazen Jun 2016 #57

She is my Congresscritter mysuzuki2 Jun 2016 #59

I think ALL elected Government officials should be subjected to routine, surprise drug tests. NorthCarolina Jun 2016 #60

Hey.. I know... let's penalize ALL achievement. nt clarice Jun 2016 #61

. demmiblue Jun 2016 #66

Lol... nice! demmiblue Jun 2016 #65

Those who can afford drugs might use them bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #70