Senator: Jobless Layabouts Must Pee In Cup If They Want Government Handouts
“This amendment is a way to help people get off of drugs to become productive and healthy members of society, while ensuring that valuable taxpayer dollars aren’t wasted. Too many Americans are locked into a life of a dangerous dependency not only on drugs, but the federal assistance that serves to enable their addiction.”
-Senator Orrin Hatch has proposed legislation requiring that applicants for unemployment or welfare pass a drug test as a condition of receiving benefits.