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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 1621967" data-attributes="member: 3371">Regarding the $30-$35 cost of the tests in Florida, the company that received the contract to perform the testing is a company that Florida governor Rick Scott helped found and is currently managed by close associates of the governor.That might have something to do with the cost.Now, in Oklahoma, there is just no way this would save money because they have already said that if a recipient tests positive the money from the state would instead be given to sober relatives to manage.They're not talking about cutting people off the rolls.The best case you can make is that even though it would cost more it would benefit child dependents in that more of the money would be directed toward their welfare instead of addiction spending.If that is true, then it just might be worth the extra costs involved in the long run.I just have a basic objection to the government promoting drug testing for the same reasons I object to a lot of other things the government gets involved in.It will creep into more and more peoples lives just like everything else.</blockquote>