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Trey Radel votes for drug testing for food stampers, busted with cocaine
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:33 am
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:33 am
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If the government's going to make sure recipients of taxpayer-funded benefits are clean, the argument went, then why not also make sure the recipients of taxpayer salaries are clean, too?
In June, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) made that very suggestion when he questioned why recipients of crop insurance and other government benefits weren't also targeted for drug tests like people on food stamps.
"Why don't we drug test all the members of Congress here," McGovern said shortly before the drug-testing measure passed. "Force everybody to go urinate in a cup or see whether or not anybody is on drugs? Maybe that will explain why some of these amendments are coming up or why some of the votes are turning out the way they are."
Radel apologized Tuesday for his cocaine bust and said he'd seek treatment.
"I struggle with the disease of alcoholism, and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice," he said.
If the government's going to make sure recipients of taxpayer-funded benefits are clean, the argument went, then why not also make sure the recipients of taxpayer salaries are clean, too?
In June, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) made that very suggestion when he questioned why recipients of crop insurance and other government benefits weren't also targeted for drug tests like people on food stamps.
"Why don't we drug test all the members of Congress here," McGovern said shortly before the drug-testing measure passed. "Force everybody to go urinate in a cup or see whether or not anybody is on drugs? Maybe that will explain why some of these amendments are coming up or why some of the votes are turning out the way they are."
Radel apologized Tuesday for his cocaine bust and said he'd seek treatment.
"I struggle with the disease of alcoholism, and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice," he said.
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Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:36 am to BayouBlitz
Are you unable to see the difference between someone working for a living and someone asking for government money that might be used to fund their drug habit?
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:42 am to BayouBlitz
Haven't you posted this before?
Even if you haven't, it's old news.
Even if you haven't, it's old news.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:45 am to BayouBlitz
shoot, test them too, I dont care. just dont hand out Taxpayer money like its candy. I get deeply offended when people sit out front of Walmart and offer me $100 in food stamps for 50 US Dollars.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 11:08 am to BayouBlitz
Such an ignorant post.
Was this guy getting foodstamps fool? / thread.
Was this guy getting foodstamps fool? / thread.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 11:11 am to BayouBlitz
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11/19/13 07:21 PM ET
Your story is a year old, Newshound.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 11:28 am to BayouBlitz
DUDE.
Old news, and everyone in DC laughed at Radel when he was stumping his idea.
It was not a secret that Radel loved the columbian snow. Easiest move the narcs in DC ever performed was getting that dude to buy from them.
Old news, and everyone in DC laughed at Radel when he was stumping his idea.
It was not a secret that Radel loved the columbian snow. Easiest move the narcs in DC ever performed was getting that dude to buy from them.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 11:52 am to BayouBlitz
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I struggle with the disease of alcoholism
This statement drives me bananas, I love how recategorizing things as illnesses is this new fun way of taking away personal responsibility. Whatever happened to people just fricking up or being frick ups. Then he proceeds to following it up with another gem:
quote:
and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice
He didn't lead himself to the irresponsible choice...alcoholism did. Blame something else because you're not man enough to own up to things, that's what the world has come to.
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