http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/02/whats-good-for-the-goose.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 12:24:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/02/whats-good-for-the-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-5303 vroman Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:37:07 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=13133#comment-5303 The drug tests would only be mandatory if you want welfare. The drug tests would only be mandatory if you want welfare.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/02/whats-good-for-the-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-5193 John Payne Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:18:22 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=13133#comment-5193 Yeah, my take on it is essentially the same as Eric's. I don't think it was a serious idea, but if politician's want to run everyone's personal lives, they should be held to the same--if not higher--standard. Yeah, my take on it is essentially the same as Eric’s. I don’t think it was a serious idea, but if politician’s want to run everyone’s personal lives, they should be held to the same–if not higher–standard.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/02/whats-good-for-the-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-5191 Eric D. Dixon Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:08:37 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=13133#comment-5191 Seemed pretty clearly satirical to me -- but based on a kernel of truth, as good satire usually is. If politicians are subjected to the worst of the policies they impose on the rest of us, they may see more clearly how bad those policies are. That's not an argument in favor of bad policy, though. Seemed pretty clearly satirical to me — but based on a kernel of truth, as good satire usually is. If politicians are subjected to the worst of the policies they impose on the rest of us, they may see more clearly how bad those policies are. That’s not an argument in favor of bad policy, though.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/02/whats-good-for-the-goose.html/comment-page-1#comment-5190 Dave Roland Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:02:08 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=13133#comment-5190 I hope that you were merely being sarcastic, John. Even separate from the broader fact that the drug war is a misguided, wasteful, failed policy, mandatory drug testing ignores the constitutional problems raised by any regulation that permits the government to intrude into one's privacy without first having any probable cause. If the people are, in fact, concerned about the possibility that their elected officials are using drugs, they can tell those for whom they are eligible to vote that they will refuse to vote for any candidate unless they submit to a drug test - but any law or regulation making drug tests mandatory is a terrible idea. I hope that you were merely being sarcastic, John. Even separate from the broader fact that the drug war is a misguided, wasteful, failed policy, mandatory drug testing ignores the constitutional problems raised by any regulation that permits the government to intrude into one’s privacy without first having any probable cause. If the people are, in fact, concerned about the possibility that their elected officials are using drugs, they can tell those for whom they are eligible to vote that they will refuse to vote for any candidate unless they submit to a drug test – but any law or regulation making drug tests mandatory is a terrible idea.

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