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[–] 109 points 10 months ago (7 children)

How about drug testing all the politicians every week?

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I figure so many of them are so old the drug test would come out inconclusive due to the drug cocktails they probably take daily. Just think of all the shit people have to take in retirement homes then add in a factor of free healthcare and access to top tier doctors who can prescribe without concern over ethics.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Sounds like a fail to me. We will hold them to the same standards we would be held to. Can't give a clean test then you are fired. We are also definitely going to watch you pee just like they do to all the poors as well. Turnabout is fair play.

    Watch how fast drug tests would be made illegal.

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  • [–] 89 points 10 months ago

    This makes me unreasonably upset. Farmers need to be drug tested AND breathalyzed. They also need to provide up to date household income information, including the gross income of anyone living on their property. They should also be required to provide last 3 to 5 employer references, verification they are working 40 hours per week or volunteering an equivalent amount at a state approved business, this all has to be done on an online site that requires desktop computer access. You can't use Chrome or Firefox, only Microsoft Edge. If they don't fill out the forms and attach the appropriately filled out paper documents properly, they will get a mailed statement letting them know they were denied and can re file after a 30 day waiting period. They can call to speak to their case manager, but there is only a phone tree that takes them to voicemail. If they miss the call back from the case manager, their file will be flagged as unresponsive and may require filling out all forms and paperwork again. They may also be denied because of typos, unfinished forms on the case manager side, or an unreasonable reading of acceptance rules.

    This is not commentary on social services in America at all /s

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    You ever tried farming not high? It's boring as shit.

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago

    So should all members of Congress and the White House.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago

    Tired of welfare farmers stealing American jobs and American tax payer dollars every 3-5 years

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    Mama-mia! dats-a spicy meme-ball

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Drug tests are expensive theater. If the goal is accountability, audits and transparent reporting actually work.

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  • [–] 45 points 10 months ago* (11 children)

    Boooo! Keep the corn coming.

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

    Corn farmers should be drug-tested every 90 days if they want a government handout.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Corn farmers should be 🌽-tested every 90 🌽 if they want government 🌽.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Who can be trusted to keep accurate count of the corn cobs?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    The USDA-NASS is responsible for making an estimate of the number of corn cobs in the U.S. Most other countries have similar organizations.

    To do so they send surveys out to ask farmers what they think. The farmers answer completely truthfully because lying would inflate the prices they get on their corn cobs.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    High on pesticides.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    farmers should revolt against the capitalist government, for they are proletariats as well

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    This sub didn't last long without us political shitposts.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Make sure they're not lickin' em toadyfrogs!

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  • [+] 0 points 10 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    i guess the cornings must continue until morel improves.

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  • [+] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    aw cranky?

    life is politics writ large. shitposting is the purest form of politics imho.

    do you really think this meme is attempting to affect policy? it's not. it's the shitpost equivalent of commiserating about a ridiculous double standard.

    maybe you're not cut out for the shitpost life friendo

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I find the way you're trying to influence the policy of this comm very annoying, please stop it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Because you're a hypocrite and they're not. You don't want politics, yet you're doing politics right now. Us normal people like politics, so it's not hypocritical for us to do it.

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  • [+] -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Not liking politics is extremely weird. Normal people like to watch political movies like Star Wars and read political books like The Hunger Games. We listen to political music like Eminem and appreciate political art like Banksy. Normal people tune into political podcasts like Joe Rogan, even though it sucks, because they love politics. We play political games like Metal Gear, and some of us even spend our sundays worshipping political gods like Jesus. You're weird for not liking political media.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I have that scheduled for this evening before bed, you apolitical.

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  • [+] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)
  • You fit the ideological profile of the apolitical movement perfectly. You think media and politics can be separated, and you demand others conform to your vision of apolitical media. You claim not to like politics and express shock when confronted with the reality that most people aren't like that. If you're not an apolitical, you've been heavily propagandised by them.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Corporate owned farmers

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Is this something that I missed on SNAP benefits?

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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Let's start with an IQ test before voting.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Dumb. There's no universal measure of IQ; its all language and education dependent why not just require a college degree to vote and skip all the intermediate steps?

    Really we should be paying people a bonus for completing educational goals instead of driving people in debt.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    There is no universal measure of INTELLIGENCE. IQ can absolutely be measured but the question is whether or not it's representative of something we care about. The fact that you open with "dumb" then say something that is patently incorrect is insanely on the nose.

    I agree, let's give more voting power to people who are more likely to have made more considered choices and stop pretending like every vote is the same. Far and away most people are not so bright. In the same way that BMI is not a good measure of health, IQ is not a good measure of intelligence. On the borderline it means nothing, but a BMI of 200 is not good and neither is an IQ of 74 and I'm all for screening at that quality.

    In the late 18th century US it made sense to make everyone equal and every vote equal (leaving aside slavery and gender inequality) because by and large access to information and education WAS equal. In the end of 2025, that is unfortunately just not true. People and opinions are striated and that is worth some consideration.

    If you can't read at a 5th grade level, I don't really care who the TV told you to vote for.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I used to say this kind of thing when I was an angry young conservative because I assumed the culture I grew up in had a shred of good faith in its arguments and actions.

    The individuals can certainly mean well at times, but they are fed insidious lies that are made to sound good on the surface.

    30 years ago I would have wholeheartedly agreed with you because I knew many people are stupid.

    Today I would wholeheartedly disagree with you because I know many people are evil.

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