States Adding Drug Test as Hurdle for Welfare -NY Times 10/11/11
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
First of all, there are many ways to receive money from the government aside from "welfare" which is a word that should be barred from the English language as it is far too much of an umbrella word. The welfare that most people gripe about was eliminated in the 1990's in a bi-partisan act led by Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. Virtually all cash benefits are targeted to children, the severely disabled and the elderly. You can't just sit home and 'collect a check' - that is a complete falsity.
Second of all, government money goes to almost everyone ... should we drug test everyone that gets a mortgage interest deduction? Corporate subsidies? SBA loans? Maybe those people are also 'using the money to buy drugs.'
Stupid.
Lastly, when will people ever realize that 'starving the beast,' whether that 'beast' is a drug addict, an uninsured sick person or a hungry adult literally means that you are casting those people to the street. The street that you live on.
So I ask those who are only interested in themselves: Where would you like those in need to go? What will you do when the needy have sleep outside your door or are forced to break your windows to steal food? Would that make for a better world to you?
It's so damned stupid. And I for one am really sick of it.
- Gary Waldman 10/11/11
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