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    Greg Abbott‏Verified account @GregAbbott_TX 5 Feb 2015

    RT if you think Texas should require drug testing for people receiving welfare benefits. #txlege #tcothttp://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/05/drug-testing-welfare-benefits-back-table/ …

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      1. Colton W. Zappe‏ @Colton_Zappe 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        @GregAbbott_TX If working people have to take a piss test to earn a pay check then they should have to take a piss test to get a free one

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      2. Mike C‏ @GachoStyleP1 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        @GregAbbott_TX @TravisBell95 do a alcohol test..people waste more money on beer than drugs.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Travis‏ @WestTxRancher 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GachoStyleP1

        @GachoStyleP1 @GregAbbott_TX is there a way to do that?

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      4. Mike C‏ @GachoStyleP1 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @WestTxRancher

        @TravisBell95 @GregAbbott_TX test for alcohol? Sure. Alcohol testing I'd cheaper, more accurate, and faster.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Nathan Hamilton‏ @Nate_Hamilton 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GachoStyleP1

        @GachoStyleP1 @TravisBell95 @GregAbbott_TX alcohol is legal though, so....

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Travis‏ @WestTxRancher 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Nate_Hamilton

        @Nate_Hamilton @GachoStyleP1 @GregAbbott_TX but shouldn't we make stricter rules for people who need "help"

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      7. Nathan Hamilton‏ @Nate_Hamilton 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @WestTxRancher

        @TravisBell95 @GachoStyleP1 @GregAbbott_TX yup. How about picking up some trash or doing something for the benefits?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Mike C‏ @GachoStyleP1 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Nate_Hamilton

        @Nate_Hamilton @TravisBell95 @GregAbbott_TX no How about be enrolled in some sort if school to better themselves do later they don't need it

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Travis‏ @WestTxRancher 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GachoStyleP1

        @GachoStyleP1 @Nate_Hamilton @GregAbbott_TX how about instead of free community college we make incentives for trade schools

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Colton W. Zappe‏ @Colton_Zappe 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        @GregAbbott_TX A Waste of money is giving drug addicts free money that they then return to the gangs and drug dealers

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      1. shadow amole‏ @myhorsecowboy 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        @GregAbbott_TX @railboy63 every state should comply with this!

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      2. Derek Brett Swor‏ @AnotherFlower 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @GregAbbott_TX

        @GregAbbott_TX This has proven to be a costly waste of taxpayer dollars in every state that has passed such a bill... Try actually helping..

        2 replies 2 retweets 11 likes
      3. #RedTsunami2018‏ @PolarWhut 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @AnotherFlower

        @AnotherFlower Drug addicts are going to stop selling their kids' food benefits. It ends now! @GregAbbott_TX

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Derek Brett Swor‏ @AnotherFlower 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @PolarWhut

        @Polarinski @GregAbbott_TX There might be ways to stop the tiny fraction of people who would do such a thing, this isn't it... #RepubliFAIL

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. #RedTsunami2018‏ @PolarWhut 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @AnotherFlower

        @AnotherFlower In Michigan, drug testing of welfare recipients is done on a probable cause basis. It targets abusers only @GregAbbott_TX

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Derek Brett Swor‏ @AnotherFlower 5 Feb 2015
        Replying to @PolarWhut

        @Polarinski @GregAbbott_TX & that program test "suspected" drug users, who makes that call? Nothing like this will ever hold up in court...

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