Welfare is a very important topic in the United States‚ it is discussed‚ debated throughout our country. In order to debate welfare‚ one must need to know what exactly it is. Welfare is the assistance and aid that the government provides in order to provide healthy lives. This started during the Great Depression‚ when American classes were so poor. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created welfare on the idea of creating jobs for masses of unemployed workers‚ and the lower class. Roosevelt had such
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients BSHS/332 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Regular Drug testing is part of many people’s lives. When starting a new job many companies require a drug screening urinalysis. After gaining employment many companies require regular screening. Welfare Recipients have never been required to have drug tests to acquire benefits. Welfare was started in the 1930’s during the Great Depression to help families that were struggling. New Laws States have been proposing
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Unit 2 Project: Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Tracy Brown Kaplan University Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients When considering effective ways to cut government spending‚ each state should start requiring mandatory drug testing among all its welfare recipients. Cutting welfare benefits to known drug abusers will allow benefits to be doled out more effectively and efficiently to those Americans that are truly in need‚ diminish drug use in those poverty stricken communities that
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients: Proposal to Drug Test Welfare Recipients There are approximately 30 million Americans on some sort of welfare right now. In 2010‚ the United States Federal Government spent $0.8 trillion toward welfare. The amount spent on welfare in 2010 is one of the top expenses‚ money spent on defense and healthcare were the highest expenses‚ but welfare was third (Chantrill‚ Christopher). The main purpose of an economic welfare system is to assist citizens who are not
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there are 4.3 million Americans on welfare and using 131 billion dollars that come from the tax payers. Welfare has been a hot issue in the United States for a while and a common debate is whether citizens that qualify for welfare should be drug tested or not. Most Americans agree that some sort of support system for citizens that are struggling financially is a good idea and can help some get back on their feet. Others will argue that many people on welfare abuse their privileges to fund their
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wasn’t spending 131.9 billion dollars being spent on welfare that we could statistically be saving if we were drug testing welfare recipients. That number also doesn’t include people getting food stamps‚ or the people who qualify for unemployment. Or‚ we spent that money on the future we could send over 6 million students through public colleges to improve our economy‚ and stimulate innovation. All welfare recipients should have to undergo drug testing before receiving any sort of help financial from
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Introduction In the past several years since welfare reform the issue of substance abuse among welfare recipients has arisen periodically as a policy and programmatic concern. In recent years‚ policy debate has focused on welfare policy and proposals to require drug testing as a condition of eligibility. States typically address substance abuse in their welfare programs at a state level. This paper discusses the prevalence of substance abuse among welfare recipients and the research needed to change
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Drug Testing for Welfare As of today‚ over sixteen percent of Americans are receiving some form of welfare benefits. “Welfare is classified as a statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need”: Welfare is provided by the government‚ both state and federal. (http://dictionary.com/browse/welfare) The government receives the money from the taxpayers in order to support welfare recipients. Tax payers are the working class.
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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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Faith Stadnyk Mccourt ENG3U April 24th‚ 2014 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients According to a study on the government of Canada’s website‚ in 2003‚ 1.7 million people were on government assistance and that number has continued to grow. The current unemployment rate in Canada is 7.2% and many of those families rely on the government to put food on the table‚ a roof over their heads and clothes on their bodies‚ meaning that money is absolutely necessary. However‚ working citizens are
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