You can look on Google and find out that a drug test costs about $42. Compare that to the monthly cost per person of food stamp benefits, $142.
In other words, preventing drug abusers from getting food stamps will save the taxpayer about $100 per month per person.
Keep in mind that the kids of drug abusers probably are not being fed properly regardless, as their parents sell food stamps for drugs.
True. So it depends on what percentage of recipients test positive. I'm not saying it isn't a good idea, but it might make sense to do a test in one area first and see what the results are. But then I guess that's why we have states.
"If drug testing stops ONE person form using drugs then the cost is worth it!" sounds like the kind of argument leftists make. I say, not necessarily. In any case, if someone's truly addicted they aren't going to stop over food stamps.