Ohio State Rep Introduces LAW That REQUIRES Politicians & Judges & Bankers TO BE DRUG TESTED!!

[Segami]

Run time: 06:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXq7ue67HMA   Posted on YouTube: October 19, 2011 By YouTube Member: MOXNEWSd0tCOM Views on YouTube: 558   Posted on DU: October 20, 2011 By DU Member: Segami Views on DU: 5431

 
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[Devil_Fish]

1. it will never happen but k&r anyway.

[unionworks]

2. finally

Now we're getting somewhere. K&r

[Charronxyz]

3. We want our corrupt leaders to be sober...

We want our corrupt leaders to be sober while they are screwing us all, don't want them to fall asleep on the job...

[saras]

4. One more excuse to weed out pot smokers, while lots of other drugs get a pass

[Mz Pip]

5. John Boehner

must undergo a breathalizer befor he enters the House floor.

I really want to see that. Really really really.

He's on the public dime; he should show up for work as straight as a newborn baby.

[DocMac]

6. Newborn baby..hahahahaha!!!

Boner has a ceo job waiting for him in hell. I don't believe in such things, but in his case i'll consider the matter.

[JDPriestly]

7. Great idea!

[slay]

8. I don't like this

i don't think ANYONE should be drug tested - it's an invasion of privacy and humiliating.

[DocMac]

10. I agree. But,

if we are going to have lawmakers force those that are being payed with taxpayer money, then they themselves should be held to that standard since the lawmakers are receiving taxpayer dollars.

People are in the streets because of inequality. And in the general assemblies this should be addressed.

And if it isn't by next July, i'll bring it up.

[Swede Atlanta]

14. Have to disagree........

Most private employers require employees to undergo background and drug tests as part of the final employment process. Why should public officials that are supposed to work for us meet the same minimum requirements as an employee of a private company. Further they should be subjected to periodic, unannounced drug and alcohol testing. Just like an airline pilot, bus driver, etc. the decisions and actions these jokers take can mean life/death to millions of Americans. They need to be sober.

[reggie the dog]

32. no way, no drug tests to see what drugs you do after work

why should you be fired for smoking weed after work? why should you not be hired because you smoked weed in the month prior to applying for a job? bus drives, pilots and the like are all allowed to use alcohol off the clock so why not permit other drug use too off the clock? as someone who teaches i love that teachers are not drug tested, of course here in france you dont get drug tested for jobs in general as it is a privacy list. they give you a physical to see if you are an addict but i know people who tested positive for cannabis but were not considered an addict and got the job and that was to be a train driver.

[salib]

36. Yeah. I have to so they should!

Woo hoo! Hooray!

What a waste of time. This is just as bad as the argument that those "fat cat" "union bosses" get a decent salary and pension, while we do not.

Let's stop racing to the bottom, my fellow rats. OK?

[MrModerate]

43. No way.

Pre-employment (and post-employment) drug tests are generally immoral (I'd say borderline unconstitutional). Let's not take a bad private sector policy and apply it to the government just in spite.

Drug tests are appropriate in safety-related jobs (heavy equipment operator, construction worker, pilot, etc.) and as follow-on to workplace accidents. Otherwise they are unwarranted intrusions and potentially self-incriminating.

[RoccoR5955]

44. But WHY do they require drug in the private sector?

What does it get you to know that someone doesn't have a joint once in a while? Are they gonna be a threat to your company? I'll admit that anyone who drives a truck, bus, train, or something else that can kill people should be tested, but clerks and such should not. And what about over the counter and prescription drugs that can hinder your ability to react or reason, shouldn't they be tested for and banned for employee use?

[joeglow3]

49. Do you support it for collecting government benefits as well?

[dotymed]

18. I do too.

But, if "they" are forcing this on us, "they" should have to do the same. Possibly it will help to put an end to this invasion of privacy and 5th amendment disgrace.

[NOLALady]

20. No one should be drug tested.

Or, everyone should be drug tested. They should be tested for all drugs, prescription and non prescription.

[Enthusiast]

9. Kicked and recommended!

We have got to throw these evil Republicans out of office!

[lib2DaBone]

11. Finally...especially Boehner.

Republican hypocrits...

[XanaDUer]

12. Well, if we peons have to do it

so should they.

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. This guy was very good! Thanks, Rachel, for interviewing him.

[Harriety]

15. Whew Hew! My new hero. It will never pass, but I appreciate the gesture.

[bowens43]

16. polticians hate freedom

what a dumb ass idea......

[Exultant Democracy]

48. I think this is more of a gesture in response to the law saying all welfare recipents should be

because they receive tax payer money, showing just how ironic it is.

[wxgeek7]

17. Thanx Mr Hagan!

**ck Yeah!!

[DeSwiss]

19. He should add a psychological test as well. - K&R n/r

[santamargarita]

37. I agree

[SoapBox]

21. Sir Boner of Orange would never submit...

Hilarious!

Make the law, like it applies to drug testing of Airline Employees!

Refuse...FIRED and BANNED.

Failed...good luck defending yourself...usually FIRED and BANNED.

I love this idea.

[They_Live]

22. I hope the outcome

will be the elimination of drug testing altogether. Urine/hair analysis doesn't say anything about what kind of worker a person would be.

[valerief]

23. Can you imagine all the heroin and Viagra in our members of Congress? nt

[reggie the dog]

33. it would be funny just to see

all the cocaine, alcohol, opiate etc use of our leaders, but not to fire them, just to see

[SteveM]

24. Prohibition. It's what's for dinner. nt

[JohnnyRingo]

25. I prefer intelligence testing to drug screening.

having said that, Bob Hagen represents my part of Ohio, and I like him a lot. He's come under partisan fire from the local GOP for bullshit reasons involving the area prosecutor. Though I oppose drug testing, I at least hope it catches some Youngstown Republicans.

[Doc_Technical]

26. I don't like drug tests.

I think that anyone who runs for office should take
a test on the constitution, recent history
(200 years ago to the present), geography, and
some general knowledge questions like
"What makes the tides go in and out?"

[russspeakeasy]

27. Excellent, but don't leave out the appointees.

[KansDem]

28. They'll just "grandfather" themselves in...nt

[tomg]

29. This guys is righteous, and

I mean that in the best sense. It is not about drug testing or catching people, and to think that is to really miss the point. It is about the demeaning and the dehumanization of the poor. It is an old construct - that there are the "deserving" poor and the "undeserving" poor -that he is attacking. He is saying, I think, that if we humiliate and dehumanize and abnegate those who are having a rough road to hoe -and linking it to spurious concepts of "morality" - and using the concept of public funding as the raison d'être to do so - then that same "moral" category needs to be applied to all of those who receive public funding in one form or another.

What is brilliantly radical about his proposal is that he allies public funding to those false concepts of morality rather than specific Social classes. That is, if we assume that one who receives public funding in any shape or form should be tested for drugs and alcohol, then those tests should be administered regardless of class. When John boehner and Barack Obama and Kasich and Bernie Sanders and the entire board Goldman sachs and my wife have to pee in cup, then we might -at least for a moment - recognize what we do everyday to those members of our community wh have fallen on tough times. This guy rocks.

Ps - my wife is a teacher, as am I so I better get ready to pee in a cup too.

[malthaussen]

30. I said it when this story broke last week

It's a cute debating tactic, but it is not a law that should be passed. We need to repeal drug testing laws, not make more of them. One of the worst things that has happened in the US in my lifetime has been the presumption that all people are guilty until they prove themselves innocent.

-- Mal

[reggie the dog]

31. boooo

i am anti drug tests for anyone, i sure as hell want a pot smoking judge to judge me if i ever get done up for possession

[slay]

40. Same here reggie - drug testing is bad news period

what people do in their free time is nobody else's business. plus drug tests are an invasion of privacy, and humiliating - they also presume guilt and you have to prove yourself innocent. i'm surprised to see so many DU'ers cheering for drug testing - just cause some of us have to suffer that indignity - that humiliation - doesn't mean others should. i would much rather see efforts made to end drug testing altogether. if you're suspected of being fucked up at work - that's a different situation - but in general, drug testing is BAD.

[tooeyeten]

34. Every state, everywhere

[Serve The Servants]

35. I would prefer we continually test cops for steroids n/t

[salib]

38. What a total waste of time.

Because it is drug abuse that is the problem with politicians, judges, etc.

What a diversion. Bread and circus.

So, not there is no excuse why you and I should not be drug tested right?

I have nothing to hide, right?

GMAB.

[slay]

41. +1

indeed

[fascisthunter]

39. how about Psychological Profiling too

we need to root out the sociopaths and psychopaths.

[Hubert Flottz]

42. Great Idea!

Everybody or nobody!

[RoccoR5955]

45. Another subsidy for big Pharma for these tests.

Which are useless without IQ tests any way.

[suzanner]

46. long overdue

[LarryNM]

47. Absolutely!

These people make enormous legal and financial decisions that effect everyone. If a "drug free" workplace is good enough for the little people then its even more important for the "leaders". BTW, even in the "private" work place the managers, owners and CEOs should have the same drug test rules as their employees as the whole company depends on their decision making; and it effects the livelihood of everyone in the company, not just "their" money. An alcoholic owner can drive a company into bankruptcy and make matters worse by falling out of a window in a drunken stupor with the company already in bankruptcy proceedings, yet still claim he is owed the first 5% of profits at everyone else's expense.

[drmjg]

50. BIG SMILE

I love it when the true motives behind the class based and racist tinged ideas to test welfare recipients is exposed in such a wonderful way. True, will never happen, but... Thanks to this man for bringing a huge grin to my face today :toast: :bounce: :kick: :yourock: