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Brian Kane hacked this into the funniest thing I have seen in a while.

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#lyonaboutmymusicaltastes

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www.cafe.com

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Congresswoman Who Used To Receive Welfare Wants To Drug Test Rich People Who Get Tax Breaks

"I would love to see some hedge fund manager on Wall Street who might be sniffing a little cocaine here and there to stay awake realize that he can't get his $150,000 worth of deductions unless he submits to a drug test."

thinkprogress.org

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) has had enough of the growing movement to drug test poor people who need government assistance. So on Tuesday, she’s introducing a bill that she says will make things fairer.

Her “Top 1% Accountability Act” would require anyone claiming itemized tax deductions of over $150,000 in a given year to submit a clean drug test. If a filer doesn’t submit a clean test within three months of filing, he won’t be able to take advantage of tax deductions like the mortgage interest deduction or health insurance tax breaks. Instead he would have to make use of the standard deduction.

Her office has calculated that the people impacted will be those who make at least $500,000 a year. “By drug testing those with itemized deductions over $150,000, this bill will level the playing field for drug testing people who are the recipients of social programs,” a memo on her bill notes.

Moore has a personal stake in the fight. “I am a former welfare recipient,” she explained. “I’ve used food stamps, I’ve received Aid for Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, Head Start for my kids, Title XX daycare [subsidies]. I’m truly grateful for the social safety net.”

roachpatrol

FUCKIN WRECK THEM

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2 4 6 8 why do people think I'm straight

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as a neurodivergent & physically disabled person, i’m not interested in any kind of mental health stigma awareness that throws physically disabled people under the bus, especially those awful “what if mental illnesses were treated like physical ones!” messages.

believe it or not, but physically disabled people are told a bunch of the different examples in those messages. we are told that our lives will get better if we’re more positive, we are told that we shouldn’t rely on medication, we are told that we are overreacting, we are told that other people have it worse, etc etc.

my experience with mental illness stigma is very similar to my experience with disability stigma, and i’m tired of able-bodied people saying things like this, especially because of the high comorbidity between mental and physical disorders.

hey if you’re able to, you should reblog this, especially if you’re able-bodied

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doctorbee

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teachers!!! stop fucking making gay marriage and lgbt rights a “fun” debate topic and pretending like there aren’t actual non-straight, non-cis kids in your class that are directly affected by this shit!! like while yall are having fun flexing your fuckin debate skills we are actually getting assaulted and murdered for this shit but whatever! have ur fun!