Jenna's Interview

For my interview, I interviewed my boyfriend Matt. He is 21 years old and owns his own auto repair shop and towing company. We often have very different views on different social issues so I thought he would be a good comparison to my own views. I did not tell him any of my views until after I interviewed him so that there was influence on his thoughts.

Would you consider this to be a social issue that is important to the United States?
 Yes, it is important to the United States because why are we giving money to people and food stamps for them to use them to trade and barter for drugs and alcohol.

Do you know what any current laws are on drug testing welfare recipients?
No I do not.

How would you like the law on drug testing welfare recipients be in Massachusetts?
I would like the law to be drug tested twice a week and random at that so they can not beat the system, they need to show they are using them for food and something they need to live, not use them for drugs.

Do you think that the laws should be decided by each state or as the country as a whole?
For the country as a whole

Do you think that there are other people who you know that also think that this is a problem?
 Yes

Where would you go to get more information on this issue?
the internet

As I did the interview with Matt, I was not very surprised by many of his responses because I felt this way before I did my research as well. Our views differ greatly now because I know how expensive it is to drug test welfare recipients and so many do not even test positively. Yes, I have seen many people who use the system in Lynn, where I live, but after all the research, I know that the majority of people do not use the system.