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This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of Illinois bill HB0011. The merits and demerits of the legislation are debated. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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or moral standards, usually legally justified by an appeal to economic conservatism and saving money. A key example of such a policy is Illinois HB0011, a piece of legislation that
would force the states TANF recipients to undergo mandatory drug testing in order to save the state money through cutting funding to any recipients who test positive. However, reports from
other states that have instituted similar laws have indicated unilaterally that such laws are a huge waste of money. Moreover, these laws unfairly discriminate against ethnic minorities and the poor,
and have been ruled by federal courts to be in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. Nevertheless, conservative politicians continue to push such legislation. This paper is an
analysis of HB0011 across social, ethical, and financial dimensions, with a focus on the practicality of the bill, as well as its ethical implications. Introduction The last several
years of political discourse in the United States has been characterized by extreme partisanship between "liberals" and "conservatives". The conservative push to uphold social values in a legal venue has
been the subject of immense controversy, particularly in regards to hot button issues such as womens rights and immigration. One area where complaints leveled against conservatives have been particularly harsh
is in regards to laws that are perceived by many as unfairly discriminating against the poor in an effort to further defund social programs. A key example of such legislature
are the mandatory drug testing for welfare recipient laws that many states have recently put forth. One of the most recent to go on the docket is Illinois HB0011 or
the PUB AID - TANF - SUBSTANCE ABUSE bill. This paper will explore this particular piece of legislature in detail, in order to provide an overview of the key issues
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