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From: sef@drutx.UUCP (FarleighSE)
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Subject: Re: drug testing
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Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 09:41:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 21 09:41:22 1986
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>                                                              .....then
>how about this: Employee embezzlement is said to be a major problem in
>American society these days.  Why not give employers the right to come to
>your house or apartment (or condo, or teepee, or whatever), and conduct a
>full search, at any time?  Why not give them the right to fire you, put
>nasty stuff into your records, and maybe have you imprisoned, if they
>find a couple of company pencils or maybe a few sheets of stationary?
>After all, those items do belong to them, and if you bring them home, that
>constitutes premeditated theft.  Do you object?  If so, you must be a
>criminal, because honest people would have nothing to fear.

Back in about the 1930's the Ford Company did do just that!

>Let's go a little further.  It is well known that drug dealers make large,
>undocumented cash transactions.  Why not give government and employers the
>right to examine your bank account?  After all, if you are an honest person,
>you have nothing to fear.  So what if, in the process, your employer discovers
>what political parties you contribute money to?  So what if you give money
>to the candidate who's opposing a bill that would force your company to
>divest itself of, say, its South African or Libyan interests?  After all,
>it's a free country, right?

This does go on, the government part atleast, it's the U.S. version of
the KGB, the IRS.

Scott E. Farleigh
AT&TIS
Denver, CO

*The usual disclaimer.