Hey Marsha,

I won't go so far as to say that I have a functional knowledge of the 4th amendment, but doesn't unreasonable search and seizure apply to the gov't coming looking for you? In this case, it's the person coming to the gov't looking for $$. I guess I just don't see the 4th amendment violation.

I don't think the gov't has any business in my business......... unless I've got my hand out. I may even have my hand out for perfectly valid reasons, but I still have my hand out. In that case, I don't think the gov't should just give me money because I want it. I think they have some sort of fiduciary responsibility. And, no, I'm not sure a drug test is the right way to go, but isn't there some culpability for making sure their spending my tax dollars wisely (he asks as naively as possible).
If not a drug test, is there any test, or should they just be given money because they asked?

I guess I'd pee in a bottle without hesitation if I were asking for money, but then I do worse than that for money now. :-)

v/r..... even on the Dark Side,

Dan