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    The Onion‏Verified account @TheOnion 6 Aug 2014

    New Law Requires Welfare Recipients To Submit Sweat To Prove How Hard They’re Looking For Job http://onion.com/X1Kxmb pic.twitter.com/c2AZgKt3Aj

    8:24 AM - 6 Aug 2014
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      1. Matthew Pantelis  🎙‏ @MatthewPantelis 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @TheOnion

        New work 4 dole plan?RT @TheOnion:New Law:Welfare Recipients To Submit Sweat To Prove How Hard They’re Looking ForJobpic.twitter.com/QUhX3bH99J

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      1.  💫Your Fly Ass Auntie 💫‏ @sawngbyrd28 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @TheOnion

        X__X RT @TheOnion New Law Requires Welfare Recipients To Submit Sweat To Prove How Hard They’re Looking For Jobhttp://onion.com/X1Kxmb 

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      2. Cassie Box‏ @cassiesbox 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @TheOnion IS THIS A JOKE?

        3 replies 2 retweets 1 like
      3. pepper genetik‏ @eksith 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @cassiesbox

        @cassiesbox @TheOnion Could have sworn some of our wise elected folks already want it. Along with promoting bloodletting as a cure for Ebola

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      4. Cassie Box‏ @cassiesbox 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @eksith

        @eksith @TheOnion Yes I was told this would come a year ago, first would be test to prove no drug taking! x

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. 7EGENDARY‏ @_whorehey 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @TheOnion @PerlaInDigital LMFAOO 😂😂😂

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      1. smiley‏ @smilington 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @TheOnion

        “@TheOnion: New Law Requires Welfare Recipients To Submit Sweat To Prove How Hard They’re Looking For Job pic.twitter.com/Ef0Wjay36f”| lmfao

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      1. Blue Oyster Dunc  🍟‏ @ba_dunk_a_dunk 6 Aug 2014
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        FINALLY RT“@TheOnion: New Law Requires Welfare Recipients To Submit Sweat To Prove How Hard They’re Looking For Job pic.twitter.com/oKHvDAtbv8”

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      1. Robert Marin‏ @rob_marin 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @wagon__burner

        @wagon__burner @TheOnion haha if only it were true....

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      1. Fierengraw‏ @fierengraw 8 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @gillespi Please tell me this is a joke. Please. I still cling to the delusory belief that we live in a civilised world.

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      1. NJSTRONG‏ @highlandsstrong 7 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @JillHennessy so funny :)

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      1. rachel utz‏ @rachelhallutz 6 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion this isn't satire, it's conservatives' goal tbh

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      1.  🔮Hungryghoast  🔮‏ @Hungryghoast 6 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @MrDKWayne if it were jut sweat it'd be lot easier than current requirements

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      1. baconinfidel‏ @CVN70MM2Nuke 6 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @SndraAL have them take a drug test too!

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      1. Newt Livesay‏ @NewtLIvesay 6 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @SndraAL HAHAHAHA Good one.

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      1. Nate LePage‏ @NLePageNY 6 Aug 2014
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @TheOnion And people like me who can't sweat no matter how hard we work? #Discrimination #StopFeedingTheSystem

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      1. Mystic Michelle‏ @shewrites4life 12 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @LeonardPittsJr1 -- Really? Surely that money could be spent more wisely.

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      1. Paul Nolan‏ @pnolan99 11 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @Oireachtas_RX whereas irish people, whether working or not, have to give blood and tears aswell #austerity

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      1. HarrisburgUnderFire (Fx)‏ @HarrisburgU_F 9 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @LiberalLegion Don't give the GOP any ideas!

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