No Savings Are Found From Welfare Drug Tests

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Agreed.

And all that article said was that it didn't save money.....It didn't say that it wasted more money. So keep doing it, IMO.

Really? I must have been imagining this then:

Originally Posted by Article

Because the Florida law requires that applicants who pass the test be reimbursed for the cost, an average of $30, the cost to the state was $118,140. This is more than would have been paid out in benefits to the people who failed the test, Mr. Newton said.

As a result, the testing cost the government an extra $45,780, he said.

Then there's the extra work involved in the process, which undoubtedly resulted in the hiring of more government personnel.