If Floridians want welfare, they’ve got to ditch drug use.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill last week that would require welfare recipients to take a mandatory drug test.
Applicants for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program who test positive for illicit substances won’t be eligible for the funds for a year, or until they undergo treatment.
Those who fail a second time would be banned from receiving the funds for three years.
The logic: It will make sure taxpayers aren’t subsidizing drug use.
The legislation instantly came under a barrage of criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union and several of the Sunshine State’s Democrats.
Their shout-outs: “unfair”, “invasion of privacy, “unconstitutional”.
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Great debate on the topic on one of the news talk shows:
Person A: We don’t want to subsidize drug use.
Person B: You got no right to tell me how to spend my money.
Person A; It isn’t YOUR money.
Person B: Yes it is !
Person A: Many employers require drug-testing
Person B: Welfare ain’t no job.
That debate pretty well sums up the issue …
Source article: Daily News
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