I take a radical conservative position on this one. I don't care if welfare or unemployment compensation recipients use drugs. Not my business, and not for me to care about.

What I care about is that anyone receiving welfare be actively engaged in a program (vocational training, retraining, or some such) that will result in getting them off of welfare. For example, an unwed mother who didn't finish high school would be provided child care and educational opportunity and a small stipend. Should she be stupid enough to get knocked up a second time, her first child is taken away and put up for adoption, and she is kicked onto the street where bad decisions belong (sort of). It's an "actions have consequences" type of plan, but some people think I lack compassion.

In the second case, I don't care if someone who is unemployed entertains themselves with drug use. Similar thing though, need to be actively engaged in an effort to get off unemployment or get kicked to the street. The exception is the present economic recession where people able and willing to work simply cannot find it anywhere in the country. That's too deep a hole to expect individuals to dig themselves out of.

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