by skyzot63
Drug testing for welfare recipients in West Virginia proposed.
11:18 am in Politics, Tax Dollars, Unemployment, Wellfare by skyzot63
West Virginia Delegate Craig Blair has submitted HB 3007 which requires drug testing for welfare, unemployment and food stamp recipients. I say HELL YAH. a snippet:
Nowhere in our state or U.S. constitutions is it mandated that financial assistance is a right. Make no mistake, it is a privilege afforded to those in need by the taxpayers via our federal and state governments. Also, unemployment compensation premiums are currently paid by the employer, not the employee; however that may change very soon. We should also remember that illicit drug use is illegal. It is a crime that has criminal penalties.
I hope it passes and the other 57 states, (per Obama) take up the practice. I had to take drug tests to work and get a paycheck, why the hell should my money from my outrageous tax dollars be handed out to druggies with no control conditions. Every time I was injured on the job, I had to go pee in a bottle. That only happened to me once. Some of my co-workers lost their jobs when they failed the test. I never did understand the mentality of using drugs or stealing a bottle of wine, (which if they had asked for it, they would have most likely been given the wine) Good grief, losing a $85 K a year job over a quick high or a twelve dollar bottle of wine.
Furthermore, encouraging just one drug addicted, welfare supported mother or father, to get clean, would save potentially thousands upon thousands of dollars. For every child born who is inflicted with a lifelong drug abuse related disease, the taxpayer’s incurred expense could be in the hundreds of thousands and potentially millions of dollars.
Opponents claim that this legislation will hurt the children. Evidence clearly indicates that drug addicted parents are the ones truly inflicting the harm. This bill actually helps to protect the children. Someone who fails a drug test will be given two months to get clean before assistance is cut off. Any good parent would clearly choose their children’s best interest over illegal drugs. And, maybe financial resources or the lack there of will be a greater cessation motivator than the addiction itself. Remember, the upfront drug testing expense is minimal compared to the backside taxpayer incurred burden.
In essence, I believe that this bill will be constitutional. Opponents of this bill are either enablers of bad (illegal) behavior, drug abusers or the most despicable of all…have a personal financial interest/gain in the demise of a certain segment of our society. And, they’ve yet to offer a viable alternative to this legislation.
It’s time we start respecting the taxpayer and get serious about fixing this problem.
Respecting the taxpayer? What an intriguing concept, It would be great if something like that caught on in Washington DC.
