Ethical Situation: Welfare Recipient Drug Testing?

Thanks for laying out what I was trying to say....

SSI/SDI in Calif is for diabled people. MOST of them not all...are severly mentally ill, drug addicted people. I deal with them on a daily basis. They get
Medi-cal AND Medicare. Most are young... in their 20s to 50's....People that have worked their entire lives and retire get Medicare....We see all these homeless drug addicts and they are ALL on SSI. At the beginning of each month the psychiatric units are emtpy...during the 2nd week of the month we see the SAME people coming back...saying they are suicidal...WHY???? They have used up their entire SSI check on drugs and alcohol. Now they keep saying they are suicidal to get into the hospitals until their next check. They hospital hop all over the area. Stay 3 days in one, discharged and then go to another for 3 days...etc.....EVERY month the SAME people. So YES, they should be drug tested and if positive NO check. OR they MUST have a payee who oversees their funds to pay for food, rent,...etc...but most of these people would rather be homeless than not have their drugs. Go to skid row in downtown Los Angeles. There are numerous shelters for them. They do not want to go to the shelters, but rather be out on the streets in tents so they can continue to abuse the drugs and alcohol. The shelters do not allow drug abuse. So I pretty much stand by what I said. SSI IS a form of welfare....SDI is for the disabled. (just remember, most of the disabled would rather stay on SDI then return to work..NOT ALL...but most.

They is no reason our tax monies should fund irresponsible welfare recipients that are users and are probably not eligible to qualify for any type of quality job, due to their illegal drug use.

Haha, one of the few times I make sense when I post.