2014 Should welfare recipients be drug tested? There are many different opinions about this subject. But there is a problem, people are collecting a check from the government and buying unnecessary or illegal products. Is it fair to the hard working American’s that earn their money and pay their taxes just to support these addictions? I say no, it’s not fair. The welfare system was not meant to work that way. But unfortunately the system is broken. Reform is needed and drug testing is a step in
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Welfare Drug Testing Laws Gain Momentum [Editorial] 2012, April 1). Desert News As stated by Elizabeth Stuart in a recent article in the Desert News, Utah was he first state to pass the welfare drug testing law just recently in 2012, however twenty five other states are considering drug testing as part of the application process for receiving federal assistance. Mandatory drug testing has become extremely popular among tax payers and has also been supported by both Romney and Gingrich in the
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College Cunha, D. (2014, September). Why Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Is a Waste of Taxpayer Money. In The Washington Post. Retrieved February 17, 2016, from http://web.b.ebscohost.com The findings of drug testing the recipients before giving them the benefits of welfare was proven to be a waste of tax payers’ money rather than helping ensure their money isn’t being wasted on the less desirable. The state of Tennessee did a case study on drug testing people before receiving benefits. Their
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Running head: A BETTER WELFARE SYSTEM 1 A Better Welfare System Seminar 2: Developing Learning Tools Ottawa University Nancy Hindle Teresa Martinez February 24, 2012 Abstract Welfare programs have been established to help the poor survive. Even in the 1930’s, when welfare programs were in their infancy, prominent members in government expressed concern that welfare programs may inadvertently promote
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Welfare Drug Testing: What is the Real Cost? DeeDee Reece English Composition II Professor Renee Reynolds February 28, 2012 DeeDee Reece Professor Renee Reynolds English Composition II February 28, 2012 Abstract In July 2011, Florida passed a law which required applicants seeking aid under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to take a drug test. If they pass the test they get benefits; if they fail – nothing! The law was developed to save the state taxpayers
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Article Rebuttal – Welfare Drug Testing XXXXXXX BCOM/275V2 4/4/14 X Welfare Drug Testing In Congress and in State Legislatures across the United States, an argument has continued to be brought up that any individual on a government welfare assistance program be required to take a drug test on a specified regular basis. During the past years, few have had enough steam to be voted on, and to become law. Because of the expense of each drug test and the amount of people receiving assistance
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Why am I supporting drug addicts? I am unemployed but why am I supporting the next door neighbor and their five children? No one is supporting me or my family. I’m a good mother, I feed my children as healthy as possible. I don’t do drugs. I pay my taxes. It is time for a change in welfare. I deserve my share right? 109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded program. I am not one of them, but my neighbor “Sam” does. What does she do all
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remember that the more detail you include on the outline, the easier the paper will be to draft! Thesis statement: Welfare has contributed to poverty more than it has helped because there are no reasonable rules, boundaries, or expectations for the recipients, because of this many people have started abusing the welfare system. I. First body paragraph topic: Welfare has contributed to poverty more than it’s helped A. Supporting detail: a standard used by the World Bank to measure
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and/or federal assistance abusing illegal drugs. This is not a new problem. It has been going on for years. A solution to the problem would be to test everyone who is receiving these benefits for drugs. Rick Scott the Governor of Florida has been trying to get a program into law that would have the applicant pay for the drug test $25-$35 cost and if you passed you would be reimbursed. After the drug test, anybody that came back positive for using illegal drugs could seek treatment for their problem
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The “War on Drugs” is becoming more important to the government, program administrators, policy makers, and the public. Money has become an issue in social welfare programs that is vied for on a daily basis; who will get money to support their causes? In November, 1999, a U.S. District Judge ordered a temporary injunction barring the drug testing of new public assistance applicants in Michigan; citing questionable constitutionality. (Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly, 1999) The use of drugs has long
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