he would suggest drug testing recipients of t.a.r.p. money. anybody who got bank bailout money. isn t that taxpayer money? you want to drug test poor people who get money from the government? how about we drug test rich people who get money from the government? the author of that bill, ohio state representative robert hagan from youngstown, ohio, joins us for the interview next.
i think it s about the numbers are off a little bit. like only 2% to 2.5% of the people who did the test. okay. maybe not super effective since 2%, 2.5% is way lower than known drug use levels in the population at large. so maybe poor people aren t using drugs at a hugely disproportionate level compared to the rest of the population. but still, it s nice to humiliate them for being poor people, isn t it? isn t that the point? in ohio there s a message for the drug test the poor. this is robert hagan, a democrat, responding to his state s republican drug test the poor proposals with his own drug testing bill. his bill would drug test other people who get state money. not just poor people. his bill would drug test, say, statewide elected officials and members of the general assembly and the state supreme court. and this is my favorite part of it.
education, cutting the local government fund, and this is what they think is all right, because they don t like government, republicans don t like government. they don t like it, i guess maybe they should find another job, but quite frankly, i will be there to fight them every step of the way. state representative robert hagan joining us from columbus, ohio, tonight. thank you, sir, for joining us to night, and nice to meet you. okay. re along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. .which meant she continued to have the means to live on. .even at the ripe old age of 187.
attacking working families and attacking teachers and upending education, cutting the local government fund, and this is what they think is all right, because they don t like government, republicans don t like government. they don t like it, i guess maybe they should find another job, but quite frankly, i will be there to fight them every step of the way. state representative robert hagan joining us from columbus, ohio, tonight. thank you, sir, for joining us to night, and nice to meet you. okay. best new thing in the world [ female announcer ] got a bad odor in your high-efficiency washer? clean it with tide washing machine cleaner. three uses will help remove odor-causing residues and leave your washer clean and fresh. to help maintain your h.e. washer, use tide washing machine cleaner once a month. and always wash with tide h.e. detergent, specially formulated for proper h.e. performance. tide washing machine cleaner. clean laundry starts with a clean washer. well we re here to
stamps or public programs that help poor families. one lawmaker in ohio is trying to make bankers and other recipients of government money in ohio live by the same standards being asked of the poor. joining us tonight for the interview, ohio state representative robert hagan, a democrat from youngstown, ohio. mr. hagan, appreciate your time tonight. thanks for being here. you re welcome. thank you for allowing me to tell the rest of the country how insensitive and ridiculous my republican colleagues are in the legislature. ohio is one of the states around the country where republican lawmakers are pushing forced drug testing for poor people applying for public assistance. what do you think is motivating that. rachel, there s a couple things that motivate that. let me first start out by saying our governor, john kasich, worked for lehman brothers. and you and every, pretty much all your people, the viewers know that lehman brothers went under. he was the vice president of lehman b