20 Reasons It Really Sucks To Be Poor Right Now

4. Pee In A Cup For Your Welfare

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Spare a thought for welfare claimants in Missouri: the state implemented mandatory drug testing for applicants back in 2011.

Proceeding from the assumption that poor people are drug addicts is all very well, but similar schemes in Florida and Michigan were ruled unconstitutional and out of 466 people tested in Utah, only 12 tested positive. 

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'