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Practice Has Been Upheld By Courts in New Jersey, Texas, and Indiana

Why pay someone not to work when he has voluntarily taken himself out of the hiring pool?

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Every time I get a check I see SUTA and FUTA being as a deduction from MY money. As I recall in my tax accounting class, SUTA is the State Unemployment tax and FUTA is the Federal Unemployment tax. So when I get fired or laid off I am only collecting MY money. Instead of penalizing me because some dope smoking CEO decided to out source my job or some dope smoking middle manager had an attitude and fired me. Why don't you pass a law to drug test the people who have never worked a day in their lives yet every year or two they are spitting out babies for some pants dragging the ground, in and out of jail, dude who has never worked a day in his life, Because of this they all get a whopping fat check from the government every month, eight to nine hundred a month in food stamps and Section 8. Oh, and lets not forget how before April 15th each year our beloved friends at the IRS sends these people five to eight thousand dollars in the oh so needed CHILD TAX CREDIT.

Sesi Fyermoon of GA 6:29PM October 29, 2012

Your argument fails by your second sentence.

"So with all our budget woes, why pay someone not to work when he has voluntarily taken himself out of the hiring pool? That is what we are doing when someone on unemployment is using drugs."

These 2 things are completely unrelated. You make a case against welfare in general with this statement. This might be your opinion, but its not the question that you're supposed to be answering.

Colin Scattergood of NJ 11:06AM September 14, 2012

YES! Definately. No one can hold a job if they are spaced out on drugs. The only ones who fear a drug test are the ones who are doing drugs and they should not collect our tax dollars so they can sit around and do dope instead of getting out and going to work. I agree with drug test for the welfare recipients any day. And don't let them know when it is coming. Just like on the job, you shouldn't be told when you will be tested. No passing the drug test? No money to buy more drugs, simple as that. There would be many working now if this was done.

Virginia Hoover of GA 3:40AM July 23, 2012

I agree that people should be subjected to drug tersting. One women with 3 kids on welfare in my small town moved in a boyfriend that cooked drugs and both sold and did drugs. The women went to jail for a month and is still receiving welfare. She has no intention of ever getting a job and has already broken her probation.

bud of MO 3:29AM July 22, 2012

I don't want to debate or express my opinions but I have been curious about something and I was hoping maybe someone could help with that. If welfare is a public service, Why cant they add the drug testing as a guideline for the service rather than pass this as a law? I am sure that many public services have requirements in order to receive service. Why couldn't they add, "the individual must abide to all future drug testing after being approved or they could lose their assistance.?

Tina of OH 4:54PM April 30, 2012

Yes- I can understand the view of those that think it is stero typing or singling them out. However this argument holds no ground, due to the simple fact that most if not all employers require drug testing as part of there hiring process. Therefore it only makes since that if you are actively seeking employment which is a requirement to receive unemployment that you should be ready to be hired if you are called for an interview. You can get a drug test now or later, common sense says an employer will look at a test done before as an individual that is ready for work and that has nothing to hide.

Dwain Wilson of GA 12:51PM March 24, 2012

Beware they want to steal welfare unemployment and federal and state money from the poor so they will report things to arouse peoples deep seated prejudices and complaints. working people and rich use drugs too maybe getting rid of drugs and dealers makes more sense.

ryan of CO 12:31AM February 20, 2012

Anyone who opposes drug testing people supported by tax dollars should be included in the testing.

Jerry Case of GA 12:57PM February 07, 2012

How about random drug tests for all politicians

Mike p of IL 6:58PM February 01, 2012

To receive more than average person is a right, a "break", we all authorize when we choose democracy. This is only one of thousands of different government choices we could choose at any moment. Therefore, why not drug test people who make more than the average American? Surely they are more likely to do drugs with this extra money, aren't they? Or let's say, w/o drug testing, taxpayers pay payroll tax on all of your income, not just up to the exemption amount? Or no Capital Gains Tax exemption w/o drug testing? We don't even talk about the thousands of government "breaks" we give rich people.

Let's start.

David Flood of WI 3:20PM December 15, 2011

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