What we think our tax money should be spent on is one of the biggest things that Republicans and Democrats argue about. Republicans have this peculiar belief that the poor are lazy, and that if you really wanted something, you would have it. This may sound like the philosophy of a pre-renaissance French monarch, but it is just as big of a backbone to the red party as being anti-abortion is. Cutting welfare, unemployment benefits, and destroying anything that helps the poor cope is a vital part of being an American Republican.
The right-wing recently had their big opportunity to prove us lefties wrong, when they proposed a bill in Florida, that would require all welfare recipients to pass a drug test before receiving their benefits. Ignoring for a moment how disgustingly unconstitutional this is, or just how many basic human rights this violates, let us just take a look at the results of such a grand experiment.
That's 2.6 percent of Florida's welfare recipients who failed the mandatory test to receive their benefits. 8 percent of our general population use illegal drugs, which means that those on welfare are 3 times LESS LIKELY to be drug users. Imagine that, some bone headed stubborn Republican belief turns out to be nothing more than an ignorant stereotype.
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