Is this an April Fool's joke, or...

[davsel]

Estimate cut to the welfare roles by 80 - 90%. Plenty of return to cover the tests.

[Rucker61]

Estimate cut to the welfare roles by 80 - 90%. Plenty of return to cover the tests.

Where do you get your data, as the results to date in places that have tried it don't seem to meet your claims.?

[davsel]

Straight from my butt.
Just threw it out there. Not inclined to research the subject since it will never likely happen, and if it did, as you say, it will be so mismanaged and overmanaged that the ROI will likely be negative.
The idea of people receiving tax payers' money while purchasing drugs irritates me, but I'm not going to get caught up in the already lost battle of trying to fix it.

Render unto Caesar, and stay off my lawn!

[Aloha_Shooter]

I'd like to see voting rights contingent on passing the same civics test given to naturalized citizens but that'll never happen under this Supreme Court. The societal rules laid out in either The Moon is a Harsh Mistress or Starship Troopers (the book, not the POS movie) also have my approval (and therefore the approbriation of Democrats and other left-wingers).

[Wiggity]

Crazy thought:

What if instead of a legal drinking and pot age, we had a different standard:

Proof of sufficiency and contribution.

To be legal to drink or smoke, either you are actively employed and self sufficient (e.g. not living at parents house) or you are retired from active employment. If you are self sufficient at age 15, you are legal. If you are still living with your parents at age 30, you are not. Obviously, it would be very difficult to enforce but this is imagination land here - theoretically motivate some people to get off their duff, and motivate leeches to stay away.

Sounds awesome if you hate freedom.