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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
? How many didn't even apply because of it? More than enough to make up that $118k for sure.
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Read the article:
(An analysis by the state showed that the drug testing requirement didn’t tamp down applications.)
As for it not being a violation - well, you're wrong. It's irrelevant whether someone is going to apply for welfare voluntarily or not. It's a government service that is provided to someone that's paid for by their tax dollars. The judge who blocked the law found the same:
"In October, a federal judge in Orlando temporarily blocked the state of Florida from conducting drug tests on welfare applicants. U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven wrote in her ruling that drug tests are “well established” as a means of search under the Fourth Amendment and that the state had not demonstrated a substantial need to justify “suspicionless” drug testing. "
The mere act of applying for welfare is not a crime worthy enough of a government search of your person.