Should politicians be legally required to take drug tests?
Yes
No
I say yes they should be tested.What is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
Before anyone utters that is a violation of their privacy rights please remeber these are the same people who require all other tax payer funded employees to be drug tested and in some states require welfare recipients to be drug tested as well. These are also the same people authorize the various government agencies to spy on the American people whether they voted for the bill or continue to authorize funding for those agencies.
Plus do you really want elected officials to be under the influence while making laws and policies that effect you?
No, no one should be drug tested without a warrant or court order. Private companies shouldn't be able to require it of employees. It's none of their business unless the employee shows up drunk or high to work, and then you can fire them for the behavior, not the result of a test.
No, no one should be drug tested without a warrant or court order. Private companies shouldn't be able to require it of employees. It's none of their business unless the employee shows up drunk or high to work, and then you can fire them for the behavior, not the result of a test.
I do agree with what you're saying, but james' "good for the goose, good for the gander" argument carries the day.
I usually agree with you on most issues, and if "noone" was required to be drug tested, I would say no, but they are so I say yes. I would go even further. I would require that all candidates for national office be required to take the same test that immigrants are required to take to become citizens--I think most of them would fail!
Yes, I'm saying it's bad for both the goose and gander and we should stop doing it in general without due process.
Yes, I'm saying it's bad for both the goose and gander and we should stop doing it in general without due process.
That's fine. I don't want the immigrants to be required to take them either. My point was about the immigrants, the welfare recipients, the politicians, and the employees. No one should be required to take a test without a court order or a court ordered warrant.
Oh, the self-adulation of populists is on full display here.
I suppose this proposal has a certain allure to those who think that the adage of picking the first few hundred names in a phone book to public service is a good idea.....but it's about as foolish.
I don't know about the self-adulation aspect of this thread.
Politicians should be subject to the same rules they promulgate.
Simple concept.....not at all foolish.
please remeber these are the same people who require all other tax payer funded employees to be drug tested and in some states require welfare recipients to be drug tested as well. These are also the same people authorize the various government agencies to spy on the American people whether they voted for the bill or continue to authorize funding for those agencies.
I would go even further. I would require that all candidates for national office be required to take the same test that immigrants are required to take to become citizens--I think most of them would fail!
Except that it is seen as a way to get back at the politician for perceived wrong-doings to the masses.
He states this not out of sheer fairness, but rather bitterness.
Don't get me wrong, I find drug testing welfare recipients to be a waste of time and effort, but let's not kid ourselves that this isn't done out of the spirit of raising pitch forks and lit torches to go at the elite.
Should politicians be legally required to take drug tests?
Yes
No
I say yes they should be tested.What is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
Before anyone utters that is a violation of their privacy rights please remeber these are the same people who require all other tax payer funded employees to be drug tested and in some states require welfare recipients to be drug tested as well. These are also the same people authorize the various government agencies to spy on the American people whether they voted for the bill or continue to authorize funding for those agencies.Plus do you really want elected officials to be under the influence while making laws and policies that effect you?
Should politicians be legally required to take drug tests?
Yes
No
I say yes they should be tested.What is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
Before anyone utters that is a violation of their privacy rights please remeber these are the same people who require all other tax payer funded employees to be drug tested and in some states require welfare recipients to be drug tested as well. These are also the same people authorize the various government agencies to spy on the American people whether they voted for the bill or continue to authorize funding for those agencies.Plus do you really want elected officials to be under the influence while making laws and policies that effect you?
No, no one should be drug tested without a warrant or court order. Private companies shouldn't be able to require it of employees. It's none of their business unless the employee shows up drunk or high to work, and then you can fire them for the behavior, not the result of a test.
I rather see them have to take an IQ test.
Should politicians be legally required to take drug tests?
Yes
No
I say yes they should be tested.What is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
Before anyone utters that is a violation of their privacy rights please remeber these are the same people who require all other tax payer funded employees to be drug tested and in some states require welfare recipients to be drug tested as well. These are also the same people authorize the various government agencies to spy on the American people whether they voted for the bill or continue to authorize funding for those agencies.Plus do you really want elected officials to be under the influence while making laws and policies that effect you?
I rather see them have to take an IQ test.
No, no one should be drug tested without a warrant or court order. Private companies shouldn't be able to require it of employees. It's none of their business unless the employee shows up drunk or high to work, and then you can fire them for the behavior, not the result of a test.
Unfortunately, impairment isn't always readily discernible. And some employees go out to the driveway, get into a company vehicle, and head to the job, and in some cases, they are the only one to show up to that particular job. And a host of other examples could be offered. On the other side, some recreational drugs, that could be used on a persons own time and place, linger in the body too long.
And unless your performance is actually affected, then it is none of your employer's business.
I tend to agree with you on most issues. But we've got some space between us on this one. Perhaps you've never used drugs or alcohol, but the very purpose of their use is that they have an altering effect that increases according to amount of use. And an employer does have a right to ask that people use none, on the job. As I pointed out earlier, that poses a problem for marijuana use.
Yes, they can ask you not to smoke on the job or come into work inebriated. And that is all they can ask. Anything you do on your own time that doesn't affect your performance is none of their business. Ergo, no drug testing, because the test has no way to determine the difference between using on a Tuesday afternoon or the previous Saturday night. So it doesn't help determine someone's capacity while on the job at all.
We'll sure I pointed that out. But when testing can determine timeline accurately, it will be effective. And as an employer, I don't want somebody that uses heroin for example, even if its on their own time, if I know, they're not working for me. That said, I've heard of poppy seed buns giving a positive test, lol.
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