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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tschwarz" data-source="post: 1620831" data-attributes="member: 19893"><p>Three dollars doesn't sound like much and you're right about having existing infrastructure; however, it is not quite that cut and dry simple.  In 09/2010 there were approx. 414,000 individuals in Oklahoma participating in the SNAP program.  I don't think the existing infrastructure could support adding anywhere near that number of people - even on a random basis.  So you have your three dollars per test, plus the cost of paying for the new govt workers that would be needed just to push paper administrating the program, plus paying the additional staff to take the samples, plus an army of lawyers defending the program, etc.  It adds up.</p></blockquote><p></p>