There you have it, my honest opinion. Drug Test for welfare benefits. I don’t want to support anyone else’s habit when I am having a hard time making ends meet.” Drug testing will require recipients to stay free of drug use, making them employable. As author Heather Ben states, “The government’s latest welfare reforms all beneficiaries will be required to take pre-employment tests when requested by a prospective employer, Those who refuse or repeatedly fail, will have their benefits cut or suspended.” Passing the bill could minimize the purchase of illegal drugs, making our children and society a safer place. This also includes prescription drugs as well.
Robbins magnifies this hidden cost through the main ingredient of Twinkies: cane sugar. Robbins illustrates that sugar workers are among the most underpaid farm laborers in the world (Robbins). In addition to the actual labor costs, the expenditure of force necessary to discipline workers “to accept far less than their labor warrant” must be accounted for (Robbins). The case of the underpayment of sugar workers is only one example put forth by Robbins in his article. There are, in reality, many more hidden costs to look at; ergo, the $1.00 one pays in the supermarket differs hugely from the “actual price” of the Twinkie.
The company has two methods of obtaining scrap paper. They can buy from the public at nominal rates (through paper drives and individual deliveries to the loading dock) or purchase bulk paper from scrap paper dealers. It is cheaper to buy from the publi c , but additional labor time is involved in removing the paper, in relatively small amounts, from customer cars and trucks at the loading dock and fonning the paper into bales. Direct labor is very expensive with rates at $19,000 per worker per year ($9.50 per hour) in 1979. In 1979, 2 l/2 bales weigh ing 300 pounds each were formed per hour by e ac h employee, on average.
No Common Sense in Gun Control Stephen L. Kono Park University First Year Writing Seminar II: Academic Research and Writing EN 106 Mrs. Regina C. Muir October 11, 2013 Abstract Gun control advocates insist that increased gun control will lower the soaring crime rates of the early 70's. Gun violence is a big problem in the United States and should be reduced. Gun Control Act of 1968, did very little to lower the number of crimes committed by the use of firearms. Gun control in American history started back in 1775 and was the precursor to the American Revolution and our constitutional rights. One of the major points against gun control is the violation of your second amendment rights, you have the right to keep and bear arms for personal protection.
If marijuana was decriminalized users would get a fine if found guilty of possession. It would be seen as a civil matter instead of a criminal matter, therefore saving state revenues. Prison populations would decrease, housing cost for those inmates would not exist, and the state would receive the revenue created from the fine laws. Decriminalization does not include access to the plant. Users would still be forces to illegally purchase the product, unless they had a medical prescription, and live in a state where marijuana is legal for medical purposes.
Both sides of this issue will not be happy. I think the decision should be up to the people. I do believe that marijuana will be legalized because of its permissibility today compared to ten years ago. To prove an increase in acceptance of Marijuana, before this year, to work for the federal government, you had to have a record free of any drug charges. Now, you have to have a record free of any drug charges, but marijuana is excluded.
Should the federal government maintain the social safety net for all of its citizens? One in seven Americans receive food stamps, a number that's up sharply since the financial crisis. Most experts agree unemployment and underemployment have contributed to the number of people in need of food assistance. The government should stop expanding food stamps because of many reasons which are people are so dependent on the government, there is a lot of fraud that goes on while receiving food stamps, and that the government is spending way too much money on the poor while other things can help them get back on their feet. Some people may argue that access to food stamps is essential for needy families.
The United States alone throws away nearly half of the food they purchase. Not only is half of what we “needed” to produce tossed in the garbage, it’s becoming very evident the population has entered an obesity
Most jobs require drug testing, whether it’s annual or random, so why shouldn’t someone who is not working for their income also be drug tested? I don’t believe that this law should in any way be unjust or unethical. If anyone should think that this law would unethical, unfair or immoral, I ask them then how ethical, fair and moral is it for tax payers hard earned dollars be paying for someone else’s next
An opposing side would argue that this wouldn’t lead to less abuse. Well putting people in prison for it isn’t going to help either and if people are afraid of this drug they should also look at the binge drinking problem on many college campuses. “The pro-reform Drug Policy Alliance estimates that when you combine state and local spending on everything from drug-related arrests to prison, the total cost adds up to at least $51 billion per year” (Huffington post). The legalization will cause less spending on drug related issues and could be used for more important issues. I don’t believe this will be able to go through unless the general public understands how much spending is going into trying to get rid of this drug.