>Many welfare recipients are required to undergo drug tests, despite the fact that many Americans take illegal drugs while still being good parents and holding down a job.
Had to stop here and evaluate if I should read any further. The author is suggesting that we give people money to directly break the law with it?
Even more importantly though, the percentage of welfare recipients who use illegal drugs and are good parents and holding down a job is less than 5%. Thus the requirement seems common sense since we do not wish to merely reinforce and enable bad/illegal behavior.
Had to stop here and evaluate if I should read any further. The author is suggesting that we give people money to directly break the law with it?
Even more importantly though, the percentage of welfare recipients who use illegal drugs and are good parents and holding down a job is less than 5%. Thus the requirement seems common sense since we do not wish to merely reinforce and enable bad/illegal behavior.