English 1301 Analysis of ’No drug test‚ no welfare’ Whether or not a drug test is required by recipients of welfare has been questioned time and time again by many states. In the article "No drug test‚ no welfare"‚ Kimberly Yee expands upon on this question by explaining what her stand point is on the many advantages of drug testing for welfare. In this particular article‚ Ms. Yee does not sufficiently argue her position on the subject of welfare recipients taking drug test to receive benefits.
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Drug Use in Our Welfare System A common problem in today’s welfare system is the use of drugs. Substance abuse and addiction often interfere with a parent’s ability to get and keep jobs as well as contributes to child abuse and neglect. Addicted mothers show several deficits in their parenting behaviors. They are usually unengaged‚ uncommunicative with their infants‚ often use threatening and authoritarian disciplinary approaches. They also have a higher incidence of child abuse and neglect
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Fran Butler Capella University Title of the Study College Persistence: Low Income Single Mother Welfare Recipients Research Paradigm The research paradigm that has been adopted for this study is Post-positivism and Critical-Advocacy. . Statement of the Problem This research will explore why a high percentage of graduates from the Life Design for Single Mums’ program are dropping out of higher education and regressing to previous program‚ give up or joining other community social
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Should Welfare be Limited with Time Picture this‚ you’re in the grocery store and you have budgeted yourself down to the last dime. You then think how hard you have worked for two weeks and you’re already low on cash because you had to pay rent‚ utilities‚ and other necessary bills. In front of you is standing a woman with a grocery cart full of groceries. You wonder how she can afford all that with the way prices are up. Then she pulls out a card‚ which looks like a debit card and tells the clerk
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also great companions for when we are lonely.It is inhuman‚and dangerous not only to us and them but our environment. It should be eliminated because it violates animal rights. Many of us know this‚ so why are we experimenting on them and causing them harm? According to the statistics by AWA ( Animal Welfare Assosiation) an approximate amount of 1.13 million animals are tested on in the US. Those numbers come from animals like cats‚ dogs‚ pigs‚ rats‚birds‚ and other types of animals. These numbers
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Drug Testing for Welfare Health care‚ food stamps‚ child care assistance‚ unemployment‚ cash aid‚ and housing assistance are all forms of welfare in the United States. “In fiscal year 1995‚ federal‚ state‚ and local governments spent about $1.5 trillion on social welfare programs‚ an increase of $69.4 billion (5 percent) from 1994” (Joseph 1). Substance abuse is a major financial burden which “In 1998… cost Americans an estimated $110 billion in expenses and lost revenue” (Lyman and Potter 8)
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Welfare Should people who want welfare be required to take a drug test? People say the fourth amendment protects them because it states “ unreasonable searches and seizures.” Welfare drug testing is a common way to make sure taxpayer dollars are used responsibly. People who have to pay for other people’s welfare because they can go into work disagree with people who even have to think twice about drug testing being required to receive welfare. Taxpayers who pay on welfare think the government is
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Will Welfare Drug Tests Save Money? The Microeconomic Impact of Implementing Welfare Drug Testing in Marion County For as long as humans have lived on this earth‚ we have found a need to help other humans that are less fortunate than us. From the reign of Augustus in the Roman Empire‚ to today’s controversial welfare policies in the United States‚ history has recorded the charitable actions of society to provide for those that cannot provide for themselves. The United States has always
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issue of whether or not drugs should be legalized has been debated since drugs have been made illegal in the United States. The issue is complex and far reaching‚ having repercussions in our social‚ economic‚ and political life as well as many others areas. At the beginning of this paper I will be summarizing an essay called "Legalize Drugs Now!" by Meaghan Cussen and Walter Block‚ who support legalizing drugs. Cussen and Block believe that the current prohibition of drugs is a violation of a person’s
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Should Drugs Be Legalized? Possible Alternatives Organized crime is a big business today. Some main products associated with organized crime are guns‚ drugs and prostitution. What effects do these commodities have on today’s society? Today drugs are a big business in the underworld. There is a lot of crime associated with the drug world‚ so many people who want drugs legalized say that the government could control the sales and ultimately bring down the crime rate and also make lots of money
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