By Jamie Parker | News Editor
Food stamps, “free” healthcare, subsidized housing, and other government funded programs that all count as welfare programs. According to the Census Bureau, at the end 2012, about 34% of US citizens rely on one welfare program or another. That’s about 109,631,000 people. That’s a lot of people, and a lot of tax dollars.
Now one argument you have probably heard is that we should drug test all welfare recipients, to ensure that our hard-earned tax dollars are going to people who are “doing the right thing.” But in states like Florida, and Tennessee, these tests have been proven to cost more than they save. On top of that, these proposed laws are being challenged on whether they are even constitutional.