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Andriy Zazulya
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Paper #3 (Draft 1)
November 22, 2013
Money for Food or for Boost?
In 2008 the United States of America got in to economic difficulties as lots of other countries. People lost their jobs, small businesses were not able to stay in the market, and big corporations moved their jobs overseas. To help those people who lost their jobs they were placed in to unemployment and welfare programs. Unfortunately some there were several cases in every state that welfare receivers buying illegal substances while receiving money from government. Now there is a question whether it is legal to do drug testing to the receivers of Fed support. Yes – most of the people in the US support it. However there are also a people that are saying that drug testing will pick on poor and it is unmoral; by making it mandatory human rights of those people will be offended, and it also will cost money for a country. So let look at each of those arguments individually and decide if those cancers are valet or not.
Over years people got use to a drug tests, students in some schools, athletes, politics, drivers, federal workers, all those people are doing drug testing regularly, and none of them feel assault for doing this. Why would poverty branch feel assaulted or discriminated? Why is it makes simple process controversial or amoral? Even if some of them do feel disrespected, they always have a chose not to do it. Seriously, every person decide how to build own life. Thanks to God this is free land and nothing in this country is “must” to be done. Yes there are rules that are expected to be followed to make our life easier and safer such as US Constitution, or federal law, but again there are people that waving that opportunity. Sure there are specific consequences, it was their choice obeys the law or not. Also not that many people feel comfortable when they know that taxes that they pay to the country partly go to laze addict.
Originally unemployment and welfare were two federal options that could help people stay in warm houses and have food on the table while they were unemployed. Five years has passed since that crises, and obviously the nation can see some improvement. The government did everything possible to help people get rid of depts. Some new jobs were created, small businesses started to build their muscles by partnering with international investors; even cities like Detroit were released from billions that they were owned, so they can start everything again. The nation was supposed to be back on its feet. Unfortunately, some people liked the taste of free money and refuse to go back to work. Drug test is designed to find people who abusing definition of poor. There is nothing wrong with proving that money that country is giving receiving a right person. In addition nation got use to those kinds of checkups. Doctors got tested every year on drugs, athletes even more often than that. But all those tests are optional, in a meaning if he or she does not want to bring the negative result of a drug test, search for some other place with money. It become common for people to do drug testing, and usually those who complain, are citizens that have a positive result on illegal substance in a body
According to a newspaper Weekly Standard, since 2009 America had spent 3.7 trillion dollars on poor people. Sadly some people desisted that someone else could work for them so they have money for home, food and some “happiness” once in a while. Certain people are arguing that required drug test for federal money recipients will target poor (J. Summers). There are few convincible reasons why people should go through drug tests, and why it will be beneficial for nation.
Imagined a picture of a person that work two jobs, to support children, holding on buying something that is not very important because at the end of the month he have pay for a house, car, insurance, bills and taxes, and at the same time across the street a forty five years old guy seating on a porch with bottle of bear and yelling: “Apply for welfare and live like me. You would not work as hard!” After that situation appearing a question: what is federal support and who is legit to receive it? In originality welfare, unemployment, footsteps and other beneficial programs were created to help people or families for a short period of time. Over time it becomes more like long term support. More and more accidents when people were buying alcohol, Tabaco products and drugs. To prevent that, in certain states, people that accept money from government were required to drug test, randomly and unexpectedly. In state of Utah, out of ten presents that were tested only twelve individuals had positive results (Your views on drug tests and welfare). In that state about 4700 people are on governmental support (Your views on drug tests and welfare). In percentage it is less than 3. It is not a big number to do reforms, but if think those money could being given to someone else that really need them, might be it would not be a bad idea.
Three biggest concerns why a nation believe it is not right: a – they are picking on poor, b – there is no money to pay for those drug tests, c – it is unconstitutional. However, let look closer to each argument (Matthew Stone). Over years people got use to a drug tests, students in some schools, athletes, politics, drivers, federal workers, all those people are doing testing regularly, and none of them feel assault for doing this. (Even if they do, no one care about it anymore.) Nation got use to those kind of checkups, it is normal for people who have nothing to hide, and usually those who complain are citizens that have a positive result on illegal substance in a body. So is it really a valet point behind this concern? – Do not think so! Money is the second issue that stopping making this idea practical requirement for poverty receivers of our tax money (J. Summers). Some folks say that there is no money to pay for testing, but is it cheaper to fund drug addicts? In November, 2010 State of Arizona requires drug testing for men and women that are funded by government and it is more than 22,000 residents that receiving benefits (J. Summers). Now in Arizona recipients are filling out a survey about their drug history before applying for cash assistance and do drug tests (J. Summers). Officially Arizona estimated $1.7 millions of dollars per a year that state can save by stopping sending free money for abusers (J. Summers). And not forget that nationwide in for years Obama’s administration spend 3.7 trillions of dollars on poverty support. Even if take a Utah statistic of three presents that could be excluded from funding, America could of save over 92 billions of dollars over those 4 years. It is cheaper to uncover those abusers than pay them every year, and it is a simple math that even a high school can figure out. Than why cannot our government realize it? It should be constitutional reason, but there is also a trick. J. Summers wrote in her article for St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
“Michigan was one of the earliest states to experiment with requiring mandatory drug tests for welfare recipients. The state passed the law in 1999, but it was struck down by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2003. The court ruled that drug testing welfare recipients violated the FourthAmendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure.
But do we really believe that substance abuse test is unconstitutional? As there was said before the only people that are against that testing are those who result positive on it. Even if the statistic about people that do drugs or had done drugs is every other person, it is not on excuse from testing welfare receivers. Author of an article “Your views on drug tests and welfare” wrote a very good opinionated paragraph:
“I strongly feel drug tests for welfare recipients would be of value. Tests should be random and unscheduled. Anyone can be clean for a few days to pass a scheduled test. It is so discouraging to be in line at the grocery and the person in front of you is eating better than you are. I work a full time job and see what others with special governmental privileges, entitlements or whatever you want to tag it are eating. Then I look and see allthe money that must have been spent on piercings, tattoos, tobacco, etc. It makes one want to get on that program also. Make no mistake -ifindividuals truly need assistance, by all means. But the ones who are lazy? That is another story.“
Author also adds: “Anyone who receives state or federal aid should be tested every week -- regardless if it is food stamps, grants for college, federally backed studentloans, federal loans for housing, welfare checks, etc. It will stop illegal activity and create jobs- because someone will need to process the tests.”
There is nothing to add, and this is exactly how a lot of American feels about this situation. If he or she is poor and cannot survive – for most taxpayers is not a problem to cut a small present from federal money and give it to them so they can have something to eat and place to stay in. But when there is an act of laziness or abuse of that privilege it has to be stopped.
As a conclusion, drug test is necessary for people that have support from governmental funds so no one would take advantage of being lazy and harm themselves for our money. This act would not be picky, because so many people had done it before, and this is normal act the same way as criminal record or background checks. If college student do one for attending a sports, a person can do it for applying for grand. And there is nothing illegal in that testing as well. It is simple test for eligibility as knowledge of language before applying to work. Those how are against this are hippocras that searching for excuses instead of accepting a truth in statistic and low percentages. The amount of funds spend on different support programs is humongous and irrelevant, and it has to be cut down, because it harming our economy. It should be a hold up for person that have an economical fall down so he can stand up back on own feet. It should not be a handicap for the nation. People have to realize that money that they spend on poor that are not worth it could be invested in to a useful idea. Let be vise about our action and about our spending. People that do not care are always around us, and let find them and mark them off those poor that really need those recovery money.
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