Welfare Benefits

Welfare benefits have become a major topic over the last several years. Welfare, to most of the world, is a person’s health and happiness. In the United States, however, welfare is thought of as financial aid to people who are in need. Some of the debates surrounding providing financial aid to others in need swirl around the issues of worthiness. For example, some critics argue that since they had to pass drug tests in order to qualify for employment that welfare beneficiaries should have to pass drug tests to receive monetary benefits, as well.
With these issues in mind, I have decided to make my research project over how laws should be enacted requiring drug tests of people in order to receive financial benefits. This topic is important for this nation, as it seems like more and more people …show more content…
People who take illegal drugs aren’t spending their money wisely. The benefits are meant to pay for necessities for people during hard times. These benefits are meant to be, as many have said in the past, “a hand up” for a temporary period of time rather than an indefinite “hand out” to those who find themselves struggling financially. People should not receive aid that is meant to be used to purchase actual necessities, but allows them to have money free to buy drugs instead of the actual necessities they need. Welfare is a big issue in our country. Paying people because they don’t have the ability to provide for themselves is already a big debate, but it is even more so when the people aren’t good stewards with the money they are given. Ample sources on this topic are available as much research has been done on how illegal drugs affect sound thinking. As mentioned earlier, drug use can also be a reason a man or woman cannot find a job. In addition, information exists on governmental sites showing how much a person can receive in