people not on welfare. not true, sir. let s make sure those numbers work. we do have some data now because the florida legislature passed governor rick scott s bill and hi he signed it. the law went into effect in july. the ap reporting so far about 2.5% of welfare applicants failed the drug test. on top of that, 2% of all applicants declined to take the test. let s call that 4.5% at most all together. even if you damn everybody that didn t take the test. again, from ap, quote, the justice department estimates 6% of americans 12 and older use illegal drugs which means florida welfare recipients hire some rather clean living folks by comparison to everybody else. not only are governor rick scott and the state lawmakers wrong about who uses drugs, they are costing the florida taxpayers money because the state pays the cost of every test that someone passes. in his most recent column at the miami herald author carl hiaasen noted the shortcomings of governor scott s plan,
cited by name say, in fact, they don t test all job applicants, only the ones that accept a job offer. of those the company says, we have less than 1% of those hired test positive which does not mean half. not even close. not even within 50. it looks so attractive when florida tried it, this mandatory drug testing thing. governor haley likes it anyway. her counterpart, rick scott, ran as a business friendly conservative and pushed for mandatory drug testing. in his case for anyone who applies for welfare. people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare. not true, sir. let s make sure those numbers work. we do have some data now because the florida legislature passed governor rick scott s bill and signed it. the law went into effect in july. the ap reporting so far about 2.5% of welfare applicants failed the drug test. on top of that, 2% of all
people not on welfare. not true, sir. let s make sure those numbers work. we do have some data now because the florida legislature passed governor rick scott s bill and signed it. the law went into effect in july. the ap reporting so far about 2.5% of welfare applicants failed the drug test. on top of that, 2% of all applicants declined to take the test. let s call that 4.5% at most all together. again, from ap, quote, the justice department kpimts estimates 6% of americans 12 and older use illegal drugs which means florida welfare recipients hire some rather clean living folks by comparison to everybody else. not only are governor rick scott and the state lawmakers wrong about who uses drugs, they are costing the florida taxpayers money because the state pays the cost of every test that someone passes. in his most recent column at the miami herald author carl
$30. 1,500 people were month are taking and passing the test. we are now giving back to those. megyn: governor scott says people on welfare use drugs at a higher rate. apparently there is no significant difference in the rate of illegal drug ruse by welfare applicants and other people. do the latest statistics not suggest that s right? only 2% are testing positive and the florida taxpayers are going to have to reimburse for all these costs. let s say it s only 2% an was wrong in his premise, it still has to do the welfare recipients don t have a job so they are using the state money to buy the drugs. that s the difference. that s the disconnect between a state agency being a work
yeah, that s my suspicion, too, if you drug tested the state senators of the state of ohio. if this sounds familiar, it should, because just last night we looked at the case of a florida governor, rick scott, who pushed through a similar policy that required drug tests for welfare applicants. and the results? so was the rate of floridians applying for welfare at the national level of 8.7%? no. was it 8%? 6.5%? 5 5.5%, or 5%, like you might be thinking. the rate of floridians applying for welfare who tested positive for drug use is just drum roll, 2%. a full 6.7% lower than the government figure for the national average.