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Originally Posted by woj
it might be the "right" thing to do? drug testing identifies people that may have a drug problem and so help can be offered to them so they can become productive members of society again?
"cost more" is a bit misleading too...
1. testing is non-random, so it doesn't effectively identify drug users
2. how is "cost more" calculated anyway? short term it may cost more indeed, cause all the costs are up front... but the benefits are spread over many years...
isn't it pretty clear that someone who is unemployed, has a drug problem and has free $$ coming in each month will never get out of the hole he is in by himself? so isn't it the "right" thing to do to try to help him, not just to prevent him from leeching off the taxpayer for what likely will be rest of his life, but to just help the guy?
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You raise some great points. The whole point of cash assistance is to ASSIST and you raise a great point about taking ASSISTANCE to the next level. In other words, helping is just setting up a system and a process, it also means EXPECTING RESULTS / STANDARDS.