Welfare Arguments
Argumentative Paper
When people think of welfare many people think about it differently. For most people they think its money that helps those people who are struggling to get by and need help. In today’s society there are more people who use their welfare money to buy drugs instead of diapers and food for their children. When considering effective ways to cut the governments spending, each state should start requiring mandatory drug testing among all of the welfare recipients. Cutting welfare benefits to known drug abusers will allow the benefits to go to the people truly in need of help, lower the drug use in the poverty stricken communities that rely on welfare assistance and cut a chunk out of the governments out of control spending. …show more content…
“In the state of Arizona” welfare recipients are asked three questions about drug use. If they answer yes to any of the following questions then they are sent to drug testing. If they test positive for drugs then they lose their benefits for a year. This is a good way to start looking into drug testing welfare recipients; then the government is not spending a bunch of money doing random testing they are only testing those that answer yes to certain questions as they have started doing in the state of Arizona. (Greenblatt, Alan. "Should Welfare Recipients Get Drug Testing?") Drug testing welfare recipients will benefit those who are in desperate need of help. By drug testing it will better the communities and the environment
around everyone. There of course if always going to be people doing illegal drugs. By drug testing a good majority of people could help eliminate the amount of drug use in today’s world. According to Alan Greenbelt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has found that 9.6 percent of people living in households that receive government assistance are illegally doing drugs within the previous months, this is compared with a 6.8 percent of people who do drugs and receive no government assistance.
These numbers may seem low. To the people who are truly struggling to make ends meet this percentage is a large amount of people who could be getting the government assistance versus those who are abusing it by doing illegal drugs. Those people who are in need of assistance don’t think that when they go to apply they will be denied due to not enough funds. It’s unfair of those people that really need the help cannot get it due to many people abusing the government assistance …show more content…
programs.
Drugs have been a part of the American lifestyle for many people, more and more, and people are becoming addicted to these drugs, and taking advantage of welfare benefits which makes it hard for government officials to decide whether or not it’s worth it to drug test welfare recipients. According to Chris Gentilviso as of April 11, 2013 it was reported that North Dakota, Wyoming, Maine, Washington, Virginia, New Hampshire, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas have all proposed various drug testing bills. The Associated Press reports that the Minnesota House was immersed in a long winding debate on how to finance the states upcoming health and human services budget. Of all the 87-amendments that are on the table drug testing for welfare is one of them many people are hoping passes. By many states passing the drug testing bill will in the long
run help improve our economy and day to day life living. It may be very costly to do the drug testing; in the end it could reduce the amount of drug use by a large amount. Doing the drug testing is not meant to hurt anyone; it’s just eliminating those people who are using their welfare money in the wrong purposes. Drug testing these people on welfare can be thought of as “win-win” situation because it can help those who are dependent on drugs get out of it. Most people who are on welfare assistance and doing drugs use their food stamps for their fix to get drugs by selling them instead of putting food on the table for their families. The purpose of welfare money is to help people better themselves and get their life back. Simple way to look at it, if you don’t want to be drug tested then don’t take and or apply for welfare.
Many people don’t like the idea of people being drug tested. As Alan Greenbelt states in his article “Should Welfare Recipients Get Drug Testing” Kelly, who has served in the Kansas state House since 2005 says “I get a lot of constituents who mention their frustrations with neighbors they know are receiving some sort of public assistance," she says. "They don 't feel the money 's being used right when they know that drugs are being used in the house, and I would concur with that.” Many people may think that it is a violation of people’s privacy by doing drug tests. In the long run it will end up benefiting so many people by getting rid of all the people that take advantage of public assistance programs and actually give the people that are trying to get by a chance. Some people think why not just test everyone then. It wouldn’t be that hard to do, start with making it a requirement to get a driver’s license you have to take a drug test and every time you renew it you have to take another. The taxpayers that are paying for the welfare benefits
deserve to know that the people receiving the benefits are not using their own limited funds or the public funds being provided to them for drugs. ( Savva, Susan) It’s unfair to those people who work hard to get by and to know that their tax paying money is being used to buy drugs in some cases. It’s harsh to say but simple as if people want to do illegal drugs, then don’t ask the community or government for financial support. If people want help to get off drugs that’s a whole different story versus people abusing the welfare benefits by using that money for drugs. Welfare is not a right it’s a privilege to have.
In the workforce most areas require that you need to pass a drug test. If you can’t pass, you don’t get the job. If people might lose their welfare benefits because they failed the test then people may think twice and reach for help. There are many people who are on welfare that sell their food stamps to get their drug fix. (Lewis, David C.)
Drug abuse is not anything new in today’s world, many people abuse drugs and alcohol. To solve the issue why not drug test recipients before people can receive welfare benefits? With all the drugs out in today’s world they have helped encourage drug use, especially among those struggling to make it day to day. The test people would take can test for more than ten drugs including marijuana, and cocaine. A good purpose of drug testing people on welfare is not to hurt them or make them suffer. Drug testing people is mainly to help them get their life back together. In today’s economy the welfare system can be easily abused, but there are also plenty of people that receive benefits and don’t abuse it.
The people that don’t support random drug testing have probably seen the poverty that some people have to live through, but never have experienced what it was like.
The saying you don’t know someone until you have walked in their shoes. (Lawrence E. Rafferty) Many people who do support the issues have never been at the poverty level and don’t know what it’s like to struggle to put food on their families table.
Government assistance is good for those people who don’t abuse it and are willing to follow the rules no matter how silly or degrading they may seem. Random drug testing is not meant to hurt people or make them feel degraded it’s only to eliminate those who abuse the assistance and help others who really need the help. Many people support random drug testing and believe there is nothing wrong with the government wanting to do
so.
Anyone who does illegal drugs is living an unhealthy lifestyle. All the illegal drugs that are out in today’s world not only affect your day to day functions, but also can cause you to do things that people would not normally do if they were not under the influence of drugs. For all the people who are living in poverty and struggling, resort to drugs because they feel as though it makes all their problems go away. In reality when people do drugs they only think in their head that all their problems go away. Whether the people doing drugs are high or not there problems do not just go away with the blink of an eye. According to Lawrence E. Rafferty he has heard the suggestion multiple times to drug test welfare recipients to make sure that the taxpayers are not paying for the drug habits of those evil poor people. Lawrence E. Rafferty is wrong when he states that poor people are evil. Not all poor people are evil, whether you are rich or poor there is always going to be a group a people that are evil and ungrateful. People who receive welfare benefits should not only be drug tested but if they cannot get a job then they should be required to help with some community service to show their appreciation. If you can’t find a job or keep a job you should only be allowed to receive benefits for a limited length of time. If a person is receiving benefits they should be clean of drugs, and that person should be willing to do community service work. This is excluding but limited to the elderly or ill who are physically not capable of getting a job. This mainly includes all those people who sit at home all day and are perfectly capable of getting a job if they wanted to better themselves. It will only better the community and solve many problems the government has by random drug testing people who are taking advantage of the system. It’s unfair to those people who truly need the help and do not qualify due to there not being enough funds. It’s unfair to those who are actually trying to improve their life versus those who quit their jobs to get on government assistance programs. By doing random drug testing or requiring everyone to take a drug test could reduce the governments spending and in the long run reduce the government long term debt.
Works Cited
"American Civil Liberties Union." American Civil Liberties Union. 5 May 2012. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Delaney, Arthur. "Welfare Drug Testing Bill Introduced In Congress." The Huffington Post. 04 Mar. 2013. TheHuffingtonPost.com. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Greenblatt, Alan. "Should Welfare Recipients be drug tested?" (2010): 1-2.
"JONATHAN TURLEY." JONATHAN TURLEY. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Sanders, Katie. "Require drug screening for welfare recipients." PolitiFact Florida. Tampa Bay Times. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Savva, and Susan. "Drug Addiction." N.p.,8 May 2013
Lewis, David C. "Drug Testing: The Downside of Good Technology." (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 8 May 2013.
When people think of welfare many people think about it differently. For most people they think its money that helps those people who are struggling to get by and need help. In today’s society there are more people who use their welfare money to buy drugs instead of diapers and food for their children. When considering effective ways to cut the governments spending, each state should start requiring mandatory drug testing among all of the welfare recipients. Cutting welfare benefits to known drug abusers will allow the benefits to go to the people truly in need of help, lower the drug use in the poverty stricken communities that rely on welfare assistance and cut a chunk out of the governments out of control spending. …show more content…
“In the state of Arizona” welfare recipients are asked three questions about drug use. If they answer yes to any of the following questions then they are sent to drug testing. If they test positive for drugs then they lose their benefits for a year. This is a good way to start looking into drug testing welfare recipients; then the government is not spending a bunch of money doing random testing they are only testing those that answer yes to certain questions as they have started doing in the state of Arizona. (Greenblatt, Alan. "Should Welfare Recipients Get Drug Testing?") Drug testing welfare recipients will benefit those who are in desperate need of help. By drug testing it will better the communities and the environment
around everyone. There of course if always going to be people doing illegal drugs. By drug testing a good majority of people could help eliminate the amount of drug use in today’s world. According to Alan Greenbelt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has found that 9.6 percent of people living in households that receive government assistance are illegally doing drugs within the previous months, this is compared with a 6.8 percent of people who do drugs and receive no government assistance.
These numbers may seem low. To the people who are truly struggling to make ends meet this percentage is a large amount of people who could be getting the government assistance versus those who are abusing it by doing illegal drugs. Those people who are in need of assistance don’t think that when they go to apply they will be denied due to not enough funds. It’s unfair of those people that really need the help cannot get it due to many people abusing the government assistance …show more content…
programs.
Drugs have been a part of the American lifestyle for many people, more and more, and people are becoming addicted to these drugs, and taking advantage of welfare benefits which makes it hard for government officials to decide whether or not it’s worth it to drug test welfare recipients. According to Chris Gentilviso as of April 11, 2013 it was reported that North Dakota, Wyoming, Maine, Washington, Virginia, New Hampshire, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas have all proposed various drug testing bills. The Associated Press reports that the Minnesota House was immersed in a long winding debate on how to finance the states upcoming health and human services budget. Of all the 87-amendments that are on the table drug testing for welfare is one of them many people are hoping passes. By many states passing the drug testing bill will in the long
run help improve our economy and day to day life living. It may be very costly to do the drug testing; in the end it could reduce the amount of drug use by a large amount. Doing the drug testing is not meant to hurt anyone; it’s just eliminating those people who are using their welfare money in the wrong purposes. Drug testing these people on welfare can be thought of as “win-win” situation because it can help those who are dependent on drugs get out of it. Most people who are on welfare assistance and doing drugs use their food stamps for their fix to get drugs by selling them instead of putting food on the table for their families. The purpose of welfare money is to help people better themselves and get their life back. Simple way to look at it, if you don’t want to be drug tested then don’t take and or apply for welfare.
Many people don’t like the idea of people being drug tested. As Alan Greenbelt states in his article “Should Welfare Recipients Get Drug Testing” Kelly, who has served in the Kansas state House since 2005 says “I get a lot of constituents who mention their frustrations with neighbors they know are receiving some sort of public assistance," she says. "They don 't feel the money 's being used right when they know that drugs are being used in the house, and I would concur with that.” Many people may think that it is a violation of people’s privacy by doing drug tests. In the long run it will end up benefiting so many people by getting rid of all the people that take advantage of public assistance programs and actually give the people that are trying to get by a chance. Some people think why not just test everyone then. It wouldn’t be that hard to do, start with making it a requirement to get a driver’s license you have to take a drug test and every time you renew it you have to take another. The taxpayers that are paying for the welfare benefits
deserve to know that the people receiving the benefits are not using their own limited funds or the public funds being provided to them for drugs. ( Savva, Susan) It’s unfair to those people who work hard to get by and to know that their tax paying money is being used to buy drugs in some cases. It’s harsh to say but simple as if people want to do illegal drugs, then don’t ask the community or government for financial support. If people want help to get off drugs that’s a whole different story versus people abusing the welfare benefits by using that money for drugs. Welfare is not a right it’s a privilege to have.
In the workforce most areas require that you need to pass a drug test. If you can’t pass, you don’t get the job. If people might lose their welfare benefits because they failed the test then people may think twice and reach for help. There are many people who are on welfare that sell their food stamps to get their drug fix. (Lewis, David C.)
Drug abuse is not anything new in today’s world, many people abuse drugs and alcohol. To solve the issue why not drug test recipients before people can receive welfare benefits? With all the drugs out in today’s world they have helped encourage drug use, especially among those struggling to make it day to day. The test people would take can test for more than ten drugs including marijuana, and cocaine. A good purpose of drug testing people on welfare is not to hurt them or make them suffer. Drug testing people is mainly to help them get their life back together. In today’s economy the welfare system can be easily abused, but there are also plenty of people that receive benefits and don’t abuse it.
The people that don’t support random drug testing have probably seen the poverty that some people have to live through, but never have experienced what it was like.
The saying you don’t know someone until you have walked in their shoes. (Lawrence E. Rafferty) Many people who do support the issues have never been at the poverty level and don’t know what it’s like to struggle to put food on their families table.
Government assistance is good for those people who don’t abuse it and are willing to follow the rules no matter how silly or degrading they may seem. Random drug testing is not meant to hurt people or make them feel degraded it’s only to eliminate those who abuse the assistance and help others who really need the help. Many people support random drug testing and believe there is nothing wrong with the government wanting to do
so.
Anyone who does illegal drugs is living an unhealthy lifestyle. All the illegal drugs that are out in today’s world not only affect your day to day functions, but also can cause you to do things that people would not normally do if they were not under the influence of drugs. For all the people who are living in poverty and struggling, resort to drugs because they feel as though it makes all their problems go away. In reality when people do drugs they only think in their head that all their problems go away. Whether the people doing drugs are high or not there problems do not just go away with the blink of an eye. According to Lawrence E. Rafferty he has heard the suggestion multiple times to drug test welfare recipients to make sure that the taxpayers are not paying for the drug habits of those evil poor people. Lawrence E. Rafferty is wrong when he states that poor people are evil. Not all poor people are evil, whether you are rich or poor there is always going to be a group a people that are evil and ungrateful. People who receive welfare benefits should not only be drug tested but if they cannot get a job then they should be required to help with some community service to show their appreciation. If you can’t find a job or keep a job you should only be allowed to receive benefits for a limited length of time. If a person is receiving benefits they should be clean of drugs, and that person should be willing to do community service work. This is excluding but limited to the elderly or ill who are physically not capable of getting a job. This mainly includes all those people who sit at home all day and are perfectly capable of getting a job if they wanted to better themselves. It will only better the community and solve many problems the government has by random drug testing people who are taking advantage of the system. It’s unfair to those people who truly need the help and do not qualify due to there not being enough funds. It’s unfair to those who are actually trying to improve their life versus those who quit their jobs to get on government assistance programs. By doing random drug testing or requiring everyone to take a drug test could reduce the governments spending and in the long run reduce the government long term debt.
Works Cited
"American Civil Liberties Union." American Civil Liberties Union. 5 May 2012. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Delaney, Arthur. "Welfare Drug Testing Bill Introduced In Congress." The Huffington Post. 04 Mar. 2013. TheHuffingtonPost.com. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Greenblatt, Alan. "Should Welfare Recipients be drug tested?" (2010): 1-2.
"JONATHAN TURLEY." JONATHAN TURLEY. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Sanders, Katie. "Require drug screening for welfare recipients." PolitiFact Florida. Tampa Bay Times. 29 Apr. 2013 .
Savva, and Susan. "Drug Addiction." N.p.,8 May 2013
Lewis, David C. "Drug Testing: The Downside of Good Technology." (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 8 May 2013.