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I do not believe in government handouts. I feel that the current welfare system hurts the economically impoverished more than it helps, in many cases. I do not think that these people should be abandoned, therefore I propose the following welfare reform:
Welfare shold be available to those who are not working in the following circumstances. It should be distributed in the form of food stamps, housing credits (for rent, basic utilities, etc,) and a small cash allowance.
-They are permanently disabled
-They are actively searching for a job (let's be generous and say applying for one job per week,)
-They are actively persuing higher education in order to be better able to enter the workforce. The current system of federal student loans and grants would cover most education related expenses
-They are unable to hold a job due to care for a young child. After a certain point (again, let's be generous and say a year and a half) they would recieve child care credits for use toward daycare while they persued education and work
Every Friday, welfare recipients would be tested for ilegal substances. Those who tests came back clean would recieve their welfare payments on the folowing Monday. Anyone found having used illegal substances for two consecutive weeks would be given vouchers for treatment at a rehab facility. After completing the rehab program, any further use of illegal substances would result in detention in a state-run rehab facility (a nice way of saying prison hospital) until they were certified to be clean of whatever they were in rehab for.
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