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Mike Thompson: Why is it that she should be drug tested... to receive assistance, food assistance, to make sure that her family has…

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
Why is it that she should be drug tested... to receive assistance, food assistance, to make sure that her family has enough to eat, and people who are lucky enough to inherit millions of dollars are literally required to do nothing to get the federal tax benefit with their inheritance?
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Questions the fairness of drug testing for assistance while wealthy inheritances go untaxed.

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