LINKING DRUG TEST, PUBLIC AID NOT STUPID

I would like to reply to your "stupid" house bill column in the March
15 State Journal-Register (reprinted from The Boiler Room blog on sj-r.com).

Several million people in this state go to work every day to earn an
honest living and are subjected to random drug testing. Why would you
object to anyone on public assistance being required to take a drug
test? I say, fail the drug test and you are off any form of assistance.

Yes, this will save the state millions of dollars and encourage people
to get off drugs and get a job.

Yes, I'm one of the employees who goes to work every day and am
subject to random drug testing. Yet I'm paying thousands of dollars in
taxes to support public assistance.

Am I missing anything here?

Robert G. Elmore

Farmersville