Michigan program testing welfare recipients yields not one positive result
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It’s another waste of taxpayer dollars and discrimination against the poor.
The program, which ends on 30 September, may face renewed scrutiny in the wake of Minnesota congresswoman Gwen Moore’s proposed legislation to force taxpayers with more than $150,000 of itemized deductions to submit to the IRS a clear drug test. Under the legislation, applicants who refuse the test would be required to take the significantly lower standard deduction when filing their taxes.
Moore’s office said drug-testing welfare recipients and applicants is “blatantly unacceptable” and pushes a stereotype that impoverished individuals are more susceptible to substance abuse than other, wealthier individuals who are beneficiaries of government programs.
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