Delilah Pinon
September 17, 2007
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This is a question that I've often wondered about. I am a big supporter on
all the help and programs the government has to offer. I have a friend who is the mother of three children, attends college,
and has the best work ethics that I know of. In her situation, I can completely understand how she would need and deserve the
extra help. Now let's just say, for example, there is a woman who has three children, does not have a
job, does not attend college, and often experiments with drugs in front of her children. We'll also add that she has the father
of her children staying with her in government housing and he also is unemployed. This
is were I believe the line must be drawn. In order to prevent these parents from taking advantage of the system, I think they
should be randomly drug tested. This, in my opinion, will force the parents to ,at least ,stop the abuse of drugs.
Another issue is that people seem to rely on the government a lot more now.
I know a mother of two who completely takes advantage of the social services. She went as far as stating that she did not
want to get a job because they will take away her help. Instead of embracing the fact that she can get a job and better
herself , she would rather be unemployed so that way her services won't be taken away. I'm sure she is not the only one
that thinks this way. They can't afford health care and need all kinds of assistance but they can afford the biggest and latest
big screen and everyone in the family, including the kids have cell phones. I think that this is the mentality of a lot of
people. I also know of parents who sell their food stamps for money to buy drugs, beer, or money
to go out to a club. This is were I think the random drug testing will do justice. It would definitely filter out the parents
who just try to get by and don't really take this opportunity of free help serious.
Like I previously stated, I agree with the government helping out people in need. I also
believe that you can't help someone who doesn't want to help themselves. In this case, if the parents who are on
these programs don't want to better themselves, the programs can only do so much. This is where a lot of our tax dollars
are wasted. The reason I say wasted is because, there is nothing physically wrong with these parents, and they can get a job.
They simply choose not to because they want to take the lazy way out. I also believe that people who are physically and mentally
capable of working should be put on a timeline for the assistance that they receive. If that is not possible, I think they
should have a deadline to either get a job or become a full time student. This will motivate them and also show them that
they must do for themselves. This could possible lower the number of people who take advantage of our tax dollars and
the system.
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