Interesting that so many people seem to think it's OK to mandate drug testing for welfare recipients, at least on the grounds of saving taxpayer money. Do they think the process of testing all those people is free?

And if this is a matter of principle with them, then shouldn't we also test anyone who receives money from the taxpayers? I know, that would be a lot of people, because a lot of people are employed by governmental units -- police, firefighters, teachers -- and then how about companies that enjoy tax breaks? Shouldn't we test their CEOs and members of their boards of directors?

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The big reason some of us feel like voting in favor of this proposition is the over-the-top opposition. There may be problems of one sort or another with the proposition as currently constituted, but when the right wing takes its predictably sky-is-falling stance, I tend to get as unyielding as they are.

I'm still having trouble understanding why a lot of drugs can't be handled like our national drug of choice, alcohol -- legalize and regulate. If someone abuses it to the point where they endanger others, then land on them hard.

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