Protecting Us From 3 or 4 Really Stupid People

He's baa-aack!  And clueless tub of goo State Senator Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster) is still very, very worried about illegal drug use by those who receive state assistance.  Back in 2011 (see "Who Came Up With That Brilliant Friggin' Idea?", in Buster's archives,  4/17/11), Schaffer tried to introduce a bill to require all Ohio welfare recipients to be drug-tested.  Those testing positive would have been cut off from future assistance.

Given its host of ethical and constitutional problems, Schaffer's bill was DOA.  But apparently Schaffer still believes that dope-fiend welfare queens are epidemic in Ohio (they're not), and by God, he's gonna do something about it.  The new version of his bill would be a 3-county pilot program, and Schaffer believes he's solved any legal issues with this little tweak:  Only those welfare applicants who acknowledge using illegal drugs would be drug-tested.

Yep, his revised application form would add a simple YES or NO question:  "Have you recently used illegal drugs?"  Only those very few welfare scammers so colossally stupid as to answer "Yes" would be tested.  And they'd have to pay $35 for their own test!  Another brilliant friggin' idea!

Speaking of tests, I suggest a brain scan for Sen. Schaffer.