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Group says voters want legislators tested for drug use
by Athen Banner Herald
Mar 08, 2012 | 714 views | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Georgia voters want the state to drug test welfare recipients — but even more voters want to test lawmakers for drug use.

About 64 percent of voters in this state favor testing people who receive welfare and unemployment benefits, according to a group called Better Georgia.

But a whopping 79 percent, nearly four in five voters, say elected state officials and senior appointed officials should have to submit to drug tests. Some 66 percent, about two-thirds, also say CEOs of companies that get government money through tax breaks or government contracts should also be required to have tests.

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March 08, 2012
If you are willing to go this far, why not, as I have previously suggested, include a DNA matched pee-stick with every tax return! Do you really want to pay for drug testing from the lowliest EBT recipient all the way up to those under the Golden Dome in Atlanta? Some of their actions are proof enough! Come on people, do you really want this level of government intrusion into the lives of citizens?
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