LegalSmash
26 Mar 2009, 07:12am
Part of an article that was interesting
"Finally, lawmakers in eight states reportedly want welfare recipients and people receiving unemployment benefits to take drug tests. "Nobody's being forced into these assistance programs," said Craig Blair, a Republican in the West Virginia Legislature. "If so many jobs require random drug tests these days, why not these benefits?" Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strategy could discourage struggling Americans from seeking financial aid. "
-http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090326/ap_on_bi_ge/states_welfare_with_strings;_ylt=Av0h_Bnaon5P1Flhv 2XRwelv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5ZjlvMnZoBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5b i1tb3N0LXZpZXdlZARzbGsDc3RhdGVzY29uc2lk
Heres another related article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090326/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/jobless_claims;_ylt=AjCCqg5OoIyY8QoWL0np.TiyBhIF
I can honestly say that I am completely for welfare recipients having to submit to regular drug testing, especially where their stay on welfare may be prolonged by an inability to pass a workplace screening for drugs.
We should not be rewarding deviant behavior, or subsidizing it at a state or federal level.
"Finally, lawmakers in eight states reportedly want welfare recipients and people receiving unemployment benefits to take drug tests. "Nobody's being forced into these assistance programs," said Craig Blair, a Republican in the West Virginia Legislature. "If so many jobs require random drug tests these days, why not these benefits?" Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strategy could discourage struggling Americans from seeking financial aid. "
-http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090326/ap_on_bi_ge/states_welfare_with_strings;_ylt=Av0h_Bnaon5P1Flhv 2XRwelv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5ZjlvMnZoBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5b i1tb3N0LXZpZXdlZARzbGsDc3RhdGVzY29uc2lk
Heres another related article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090326/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/jobless_claims;_ylt=AjCCqg5OoIyY8QoWL0np.TiyBhIF
I can honestly say that I am completely for welfare recipients having to submit to regular drug testing, especially where their stay on welfare may be prolonged by an inability to pass a workplace screening for drugs.
We should not be rewarding deviant behavior, or subsidizing it at a state or federal level.