@Rangie i answered the question. we should only test welfare recipients if (and only if) we test every citizen.
you are making like a thousand assumptions here. the biggest assumption you are making is assuming people are spending welfare on drugs instead of food for their kids.
your profile says you live(d) in cali. funny. because what you said about “knowing” people on welfare who have been on it for “generations” that is just not possible. look up that cali welfare program. it is called
“California Work Opportunities and Responsibilities to Kids” program, a.k.a. CalWorks
The maximum monthly salary that a person can be making for a household of two and still qualify for assistance is $918. If you are a single parent with one child and you make more than $918/month you are automatically disqualified to receive any welfare. (that means if you work 40 hours a week and make $11.40 an hour you are not eligible) that is only 3 dollars more than min wage, meant to support 2 people. its not like these people are actually rich. they have to pay for housing, usually some kind of child care, food for 2, clothes, car or bus, phone, etc. things that people need. rent alone in LA, a low estimate is $500. that is half the budget, not including utilities. i just honestly don’t believe that you know anyone who is ON welfare. people on welfare are fucking poor. and if giving some of my pay check to them means that i am a little better off then the dirt poor, i am happy to give it away
(also, some people can attend school for one, two, three years etc, and never graduate. that money if given in a gov. grant form is never repaid. they are not completing their edu, bye bye tax money)