It's Time for Politicians To Take Drug Tests

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Sorry, I just couldn't pollyasshat this one. Too wide of a scope...

I hope this catches on and applies to judges, lawyers and every politician in the land to ensure we hold the Political Class up to the same standards as they hold everyone else. These hypocrites rape their pages, cheat on their taxes, lie like rugs and assrape the citizens of this country to no end while acting as if they are above the laws they pass. They are the biggest welfare recipients we have.

Florida: Few Drug Users Among Welfare Applicants
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 27, 2011

Preliminary figures compiled under a new state law requiring drug tests for welfare applicants show that they are less likely than other people to use drugs, not more. The results have prompted Carl Hiaasen, the Florida columnist and author, to suggest that the people who came up with the law should be the ones submitting specimens. Mr. Hiaasen, saying “there is a certain public interest in going after hypocrisy,” has offered to pay for drug testing for all 160 members of the Florida Legislature. The figures show that about 2.5 percent of up to 2,000 applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families have tested positive since the law went into effect in July. An additional 2 percent declined to take the test. The Justice Department estimates that 6 percent of Americans 12 and older use illegal drugs. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, and other supporters of the law say the tests will save money by weeding out people who would use welfare money to buy drugs.

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Lawyers become judges and, quite often, politicians.
They influence and enforce the laws which benefit them at a personal income level as well.
Judges are either elected or appointed by the ruling politician.
You in law school now? Here's your cup...

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The better course to that end is to legalize drugs.

I completely agree with you, Big Steve and Wrong Way. But it appears that until these jerk hypocrites making such laws are confronted with their own bullshit, things will be slow in changing. I grew up in a family heavily involved in politics and got immersed in politics when I was in college. I was so disgusted with the egos and maniacal personalities I encountered amongst people with political ambitions, I've been turned off by politics ever since. I just love that category 'Political Class'. It's as if they imbue themselves with qualities superior to everyone else and act as if they are above reproach, when it seems quite the opposite is true.