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San Francisco voters approve drug testing welfare recipients (sfstandard.com)

submitted 8 months ago by PoY@lemmygrad.ml to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml

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Ultra wealthy tech bros clink champagne glasses as the proles vote to kick the lowest among themselves off any public assistance by testing for any "illegal" drugs in their system before they can collect the paltry assistance that already requires navigating hoops and miles of red tape.

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[–] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the more homeless people there are, the richer they feel, so i dont think they want to eliminate homelessness.

UNLESS it's just slaughtering them all. they'd be all for that, as long as you call it "neutralizing".

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago

it's not even just feeling richer, it's being richer.. can't be rich if others aren't poor