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than rich people. rick scott's forced drug testing plan did go into effect last month, tampa tribune reporting 2% of welfare applicants are failing the drug tests so far, and look, a study by the office of national drug control policy showing just over 8% of floridians use illegal drugs. so why was it again rick scott thought it was so important to drug test everybody on welfare? >> people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare. >> not according to figures being gathered as a result of your forced drug tests. we're not testing the population at large that receives government money, we're not testing people on scholarships or state contractors, so why these people? it's obvious, because they are poor. this is just punishing people for being poor. really, really, really big
for florida residents receiving public assistance, not public assistance and suspected of drug abuse for any reason, just anyone who's getting assistance. if you're getting public assistance, you have to submit urine, blood, or hair samples to rick scott. here's rick scott explaining why this is such a priority for florida republicans. >> studies show that people on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare. but the bottom line is this. >> to that point, that would stop people in their tracks, you're saying people out there who need this assistance, lost jobs, on welfare, have a higher tendency to use drugs? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. florida governor rick scott in june defending his drug test poor people plan on the grounds that poor people do more drugs than rich people. rick scott's forced drug testing
than rich people. rick scott's forced drug testing plan did go into effect last month, tampa tribune reporting today the state's own numbers from the new program show that about 2% of welfare applicants are failing the drug test so far. hey, look, a study by the office of national drug control policy showing just over 8% of floridaens use illegal drugs. so why was it again rick scott thought it was so important to drug test everybody on welfare? >> people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare. >> not according to figures being gathered as a result of your forced drug tests. as the aclu of florida argued today, we're not testing the population at large that receives government money. we're not testing people on scholarships or state contractors. so, why these people? it's obvious. because they're poor. this is just punishing people for being poor. really, really, really big intrusive government tea party style.
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