Perry, Dewhurst support drug testing for welfare, unemployment benefits

[stinginstang]

But, but....It's all about the children. It's your responsibility to care more about their kids than it is for them to care less about getting high.

[jyro]

I support random drug and alcohol tests for all elected and appointed officials.

[LS1Goat]

Good. It's about time. A common sense issue.

[Chas_svo]

I support random drug and alcohol tests for all elected and appointed officials.

Agreed, but that a different argument, and just as valid.

As for this... The parents are the ones punishing the kids, by being on govt assistance to begin with. If the kids meant anything (other than a guaranteed paycheck) to the parents, they wouldn't be on assistance to begin with.

Amen. The abuse in these systems makes many want to punt kittens...or just exterminate the problems.

[mikec]

Now we just need each county to have a Sheriff Joe. Make jail time actually an inconvenience and drug test the welfare recipients, we might actually fix our society.

Yep, those two steps will fix everything. All of it even.