SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE Editorial: …During a radio talk show appearance Tuesday, the governor rationally explained the commonwealth’s low rate of job creation relative to other states, noting that since Pennsylvania had lost fewer jobs than many other states during the recession, it had less ground to recover.
But then, pressed about Pennsylvania’s overall unemployment rate remaining above the 7.6 percent national average – a different matter – the governor came up with this: “many employers that say we’re looking for people but we can’t find anybody that has passed a drug test.”
Really? They can’t find anybody who has passed a drug test? Even more remarkably, the governor’s comment would mean that employers who set out to hire somebody apparently give up when a candidate or candidates fail drug tests. They don’t even import someone from a state where fewer people are stoned… (more)
