Law proposed in favor of hard working Americans...I kid you not.

Lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing.

The effort comes as more Americans turn to these safety nets to ride out the recession. Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strategy could backfire, discouraging some people from seeking financial aid and making already desperate situations worse.

Those in favor of the drug tests say they are motivated out of a concern for their constituents' health and ability to put themselves on more solid financial footing once the economy rebounds. But proponents concede they also want to send a message: you don't get something for nothing.

"Nobody's being forced into these assistance programs," said Craig Blair, a Republican in the West Viginia Legislature who has created a Web site — notwithmytaxdollars.com — that bears a bobble-headed likeness of himself advocating this position. "If so many jobs require random drug tests these days, why not these benefits?"

I made myself reread this like 10 times before I could believe it. Kansas, West Virginia, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, are officially awesome. Not that this will pass(see prior post), but man wouldn't it be awesome. The article goes on to say lottery winnings for welfare recipients would be capped at 600.00. Wow...what anovel idea. When you're receiving Government assistance, you can't spend your days at the convvenient store buying booze and lottery tickets. This is finally legislation that rewards integrity. I know it will be defeated by like a million to 4, picketed by the ACLU, among others, but if you have more than three brain cells left from your excessive drug abuse, you would know that this is a good idea.