Drug testing welfare recipients before they are able to receive financial benefits, has led to much debate, throughout America over the last several years. Welfare services were started in 1939 in order To help low income families live, by having benefits to support them in their time of need. These benefits include programs such as food stamps, TANF (temporary assistance of needy families), WIC (woman, infants, and children), and housing programs. These benefits help families stay together and
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Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Whitney Robinson Ivy Tech Community College Jill Kelly-Koren Abstract This paper will explore online articles and websites that have information about welfare benefits. The websites will cover how much money people receive in benefits each year, how many states already passed a bill to drug test, and other states trying to start drug testing. All the positive and negative things of drug testing welfare recipients will be listed and given proper reasons. It will
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Lindsey Holland Stark State College I myself am a Welfare recipient. Do I feel that it is discrimination by any means or any type of scrutiny to be asked to take a drug test to continue to receive public benefits? I guess you could look at it that way, but personally no. Until last month I also carried a full time job. I took a drug test to be able to start my job, and I was randomly tested to continue my employment there. Taxes were taken out of my paycheck
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the delivery of human services is requiring mandatory drug testing to be done for those who receive welfare from the government. States have proposed drug testing of applicants and recipients of public welfare benefits since federal welfare reform in 1996. It began to pick up speed in 2011. At least 18 states introduced proposals or had carryover bills that would require drug screening or testing for public assistance applicants and/or recipients in 2014.This has actually passed in some states, but
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The return of Reagan's 'welfare queen' New laws to make welfare claimants pay for drug tests cruelly exploit the resentments of struggling middle-class Americans Florida Governor Rick Scott is poised to fulfill a "top priority" campaign pledge and sign legislation requiring the state's approximately 58,000 welfare recipients to pay for their own random drug tests. The fiscal hawk and governor was once the head of Columbia/HCA, which perpetrated the biggest Medicare fraud in US history, and he
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Cons Of Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients Norman Zeitunian BCOM/275 Business Communication October 30, 2012 Todd Keller Cons Of Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients There are many states that have attempted to introduce or have laws on their books for drug testing when individuals who are applying for state benefits. Some of the states are Kentucky, Florida, Virginia and Washington. The overall purpose of this testing is to better prepare individuals for employment purposes. Although
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There are many pros and cons regarding drug testing people before they are able to receive welfare benefits. Some people think it is a violation of their rights, the testing is not fail proof, and the cost is usually greater than the benefit. Those who are in favor of drug testing believe it will benefit the welfare system, help the tax payers save money and also help the children of the parents if they are using drugs. Government leaders and most of the general public look at it from a financial
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Throughout this writing process I used different argument tactics such as ethos, pathos, and logos to display my side of the argument. I argued why welfare drug testing is not beneficial of our countries time and money. I discussed the reasons for why welfare drug testing shouldn't be allowed anymore. The reasons are its a tremendous cost and its being wasted with tax payers money, it is unconstitutional, and children should not have to be involved with their parents' addictions. I arranged my
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Should Welfare Recipients Get Drug Tested Before Receiving Benefits? The issue of whether welfare recipients should undergo drug testing is a topic that generates significant controversy. The rationale behind it is that many individuals depending on various government programs, such as youth and unemployment allowance, use the money to fund drugs and substance abuse, thereby becoming less productive and a greater burden to the state (Schaberg 567). On the contrary, some parties believe that if potential
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Ways to fight against Welfare Fraud Joshua Eyler Eng/147 July 27, 2015 Elsie Walker Due to the overwhelming amount of welfare fraud that goes on across the United States, I’d like to share a few ways to help diminish this kind of fraud. Welfare fraud on any scale is wrong and something needs to be done about it being reduced. Some states have already put into affect mandatory drug testing, with other states to follow. This should help sift through the people who are breaking the law for
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