United States welfare system is corrupt. This problem is known by taxpayers all too well. Welfare is a very helpful system to those less fortunate; however‚ it has been directed away from what its original purpose was and is now available to most anyone. Too many individuals take the benefits given to them and unfairly use them. If certain regulations were to be set in place‚ many abusers of the system would stop taking advantage. Drug testing should be required in order to receive welfare benefits because
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Why there should not be drug testing for welfare Should drug tests be required of welfare recipients? No‚ I don’t think so. Welfare recipients are typically extremely poor and are uneducated. Another aspect of welfare recipients is that they are mentally ill. It would seem too ignoble to find ways to deny recipients access to welfare. Welfare recipients are usually on welfare because they lack an education and training to earn a better living. Their education only allows them basic opportunities
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Jason Comis Horton English 1301-363 27 November 2012 Testing One Two Three In the current state of the American economy‚ needless spending is something the government needs to avoid at all costs. With some trillion dollars owed to various foreign countries‚ the United States literally cannot afford to pump money into programs that do not benefit the country as a whole. Michael Tanner‚ who is the Director of Health and Welfare studies at the Cato Institute‚ reports that this year the Federal
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Should welfare recipients be drug tested? Welfare is supposed to meet the basic needs and drugs are far from the basic human needs. If drug using recipients get all the benefits they are more likely to take their check and spend it on their next fix‚ rather than buy groceries. Drug testing welfare recipients would decrease the amount of people abusing the system‚ it would require recipients to stay free of using drugs‚ and would reveal recipients who are wasting the tax payers money. It is clear
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Fair Drug Test for Welfare Since its creation in 1939‚ America’s food stamp program has helped families in need. Other welfare programs‚ such as TANF and WIC‚ have truly made a difference in the lives of American families. Families are kept together‚ children are healthier and often times‚ recipients are able to use the welfare to help them as they find a new job. Yet every system has its flaws‚ and many argue that tax payer dollars are being wasted. I believe that recipients of welfare should
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People applying for welfare benefits should be drug tested Good paper on a difficult subject A current issue that is going on today is welfare recipients that are drug abusers. Welfare is supposed to meet the basic needs. Drugs seem far from one of the basic human needs to me. If the recipient gets all the benefits from the programs they will more than likely turn around and sell their food stamps for their fix rather than go to the store and get their family some food. Drugs also go hand and hand
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Drug Test All Welfare Recipients A Woman working at a convenience store in the US had a man walk in with an EBT card (Food Stamp Credit Card or something similar) and he wanted to buy cigarettes. The woman refused and the man left. The next day the man came in again with a member of his family and raised a commotion about it. The owner came in‚ sold the man cigarettes and fired the woman. Some people might say that it is unconstitutional to demand a mandatory drug test in order to receive welfare
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Welfare is the social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need. Welfare helps many people in need that are struggling with difficulties in their lives. In order to receive welfare‚ you need to qualify for it. Welfare started in the late 1930’s after the Great Depression had taken place. President Franklin Roosevelt began welfare. It started because of the economic problems‚ and to help the families in need. At the time‚ welfare provided materials for
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Welfare Drug Testing Trevor Brooks‚ SOC 110 11/09/2011 In today’s America‚ government aid is highly depended on. The US government has spent $498 billion dollars this year on welfare alone. The state of Tennessee has an average of 250‚000 residents on welfare and has $3 billion dollars this year alone. To help cut costs and help tax payers‚ 36 states‚ including Tennessee‚ have proposed a bill to drug test all welfare recipients. Since the beginning of the year‚ the welfare rate
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Drug Testing Government Assistance Recipients All over the United States Americans are using government assistance money to buy drugs. It has become a major issue in the past years. Americans have figured out how to abuse the system. They are taking the governments money and are fueling their drug addictions. In order to fix this states across the United States have already started drug testing their applicant’s. Some states disagree because they believe it is stereotyping government assistance
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