Georgia passes drug testing for welfare bill...

[bu villain]

Its not about monitoring what your average person puts in their body at all. Since you have proven you are not capable of supporting yourself and require actual tax payers to do it for you, it is in the interest of the govt and the tax payers that you keep yourself in a hire-able condition. You volunteer to give up that little bit of privacy in order to get your handouts. No one is forcing you to do anything. This is just like requiring a drivers license an car insurance to drive on public roads.

As I said before, the goal is a respectable one (make people hireable) but I don't think that all other goals are subordinate to that one. Not to mention I don't think having drug testing will provide any significant increase in making people hireable anyways. To me, welfare is primarily about helping out someone who is struggling, not the government bribing them to do what we want.

[BanginJimmy]

To me, welfare is primarily about helping out someone who is struggling, not the government bribing them to do what we want.

You are right, the purpose is a temporary hand for people that fall on hard times. Too bad it is used as a career path for the lazy and stupid instead.

[bu villain]

You are right, the purpose is a temporary hand for people that fall on hard times. Too bad it is used as a career path for the lazy and stupid instead.

I don't think the answer is to try and legislate against being lazy and stupid though. There will always be people out there who will be that way. I think we concluded welfare payments average only a few hundred a month. That's not much of a career. If that level of living isn't enough to get someone inspired to do better in their life, I don't think a drug test is going to help either.