Should people on welfare have to take mandatory drug tests?

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A group I saw on facebook that brought up alot of discussion. As the name of the thread implies, should they have to?

I think they should due to recent experiences I have had.

My ex gf's 2 friends both recently moved away to Toronto to attend school. They are living together and only one is actually attending the other one is there to "assist financially".

Well the one who is supposed to be assisting actually has never worked a day in her life and is currently on welfare and not looking for work at all. She sits on her ass and smokes weed all day and plays video games to pass the time. She receives 1300 a month to survive.

I worked crappy ass call center jobs in the past and was making less than that.

My new career has all the employees taking mandatory drug tests (not that I care because I don't do that crap anyways) to make sure we are all safe on the job.


Unless this friend is lying I believe that's a bullshit system and I don't like the idea of my tax dollars going towards helping people who just smoke weed all day and have no ambition. I know other people aswell who sell drugs and use their welfare checks as secondary income.

I don't mind paying taxes for families or individuals who actually need assistance but helping stoners pisses me off.


thoughts?
 
Not really, I think whether someone partakes in drug use is only of consequence to Welfare if it is affecting them looking for a job.
Perhaps more effort should be placed instead on checking how much effort people are putting into looking for work, because you can be just as bad a sponger without ever taking drugs ;)
 
How far are you going to take it if you go down this road anyway? Are you going to ban alcohol because "why should my tax pay for people to have that?" How about McDonalds, television ect ect? The first point where this idea fails anyway is the false, untrue negativity that its propaganda puts forward - assuming that most people on welfare are on it because the're lazy spongers which simply isn't true. Its seems to be along the lines that everyone on welfare shouldn't have any enjoyment in their life and should just be given the bare minimum to keep them alive.
 
Just because a person is on welfare doesn't make them a criminal, no they shouldn't have to take drug tests, if you can prove they are using, the same as any other person, fine, arrest them. I don't believe in rounding up Jews and making them wear a star, either.

Now if you ask me if people on welfare should be in job training or mandatorily looking for a job and have a system for child care, I'm with you!
 
No no no no. Absolutely absurd. I'm collecting welfare right now and I smoke pot. So what? I've paid my contributions to social security, I am entitled to the money I receive, how I choose to spend it is my prerogative. Now if I had kids to feed, maybe that would be a different story.
 
edgray said:
I thought people were on welfare because they're out of work?
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Over here that's unemployment compensation.

Welfare is free money and food for people who do not work from those of us that do.

I do believe in drug testing for those on welfare. If they can afford to buy drugs they don't need it.

But personally I think welfare should be abolished all together and private charities should take over.
 
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