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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I believe that all public welfare and health care issues should be the provenance of the States, not the Federal Government.
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And that's fine, and I would actually tend to agree with you. But putting an unwarranted search qualification on a social insurance program that (unlike the view of some of our mistaken posters here) requires mandatory participation is still protected by the Constitution, regardless if it's offered by the states or the Federal Government.
Everyone participates in the program. Every time money is deducted from your paycheck, or you pay property taxes or state income tax, you're paying your premiums for the social insurance. It's required by law. And that's where the "oh private employers make you take a drug test" analogy falls apart. So if you are in the position to have to make a claim on that insurance policy and apply for benefits, then why does that trigger a governmental search of your person?
It boggles my mind sometimes. They're against wasteful governmental spending, until they're not. They're against unwarranted government intrusion into your life, until they're not.
