Recently I recieved an e-mail from a friend in Perth. It was one of those little joke emails that you're supposed to send along. Normally I ignore them, but the title: "Piss In A Cup" attracted the attention of Jamie, who demanded that I read it.
The contents of the letter made a lot of sense to me.
The man says that he goes to work, five days a week as a fireman. He gets paid, and pays taxes, which end up in the pocket of homeless/jobless people.
The man complains that every few years he is required to "piss in a cup" for drug-and-alcohol testing. He complains that, in order to keep his job he must pass each drug-and-alcohol test, however his taxes pay the government-aid of those that do not have a job, whom statistically, will probably use the money to sustain a drug addiction.
He implies in this e-mail that, in order for people to get governement-aid, they should piss in a cup and clear drug-and-alcohol testing.
I grew up with a heroin-addict mother, and this I believe would be both a pro and con in combatting the spending of government aid, specified for looking after young children, on drugs. My mother would have found other means of earning money in order to feed her addiction. I fear that it would have involved either the selling of her own, or Heaven forbid, my own body.
However, I also believe that this would both save the government and country money and possibly even reduce tax costs. It MIGHT also reduce the illegal use of narcotics.
I'd like to know other people's opinions. Pro or con?
Should people be required to piss in a cup in order to qualify for Government Aid?
My opinion? Yes. Yes they should.
