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Essay / Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients - 515
“America faces a national debt of more than $14 trillion” (Vitter). This debt is only compounded by welfare recipients who abuse their welfare benefits to purchase illegal drugs that harm the economy and pose a danger to society. This is happening all over the world and nothing has been done about it. Some argue that drug testing is an unfair attack on the poor, but that it might actually benefit them by encouraging them to get help. Recipients of drug testing welfare will improve the economy in several ways. This would be a revolutionary change for everyone. I believe there should be drug testing for welfare recipients because workers have to do one to keep their jobs, so welfare recipients should also participate, it could help them solve their problem and become a better person, and taxpayers should do that. I won't pay for them to spend money on illegal substances. Workers must participate in drug testing, so welfare recipients must participate as well. If an employee who might be a hard worker uses drugs, they will be fired. Social assistance recipients could spend their benefits in dru...