I agree with the principal of the OP, but agree with everyone else with half a brain that he's really missing the execution.

In principal, I think anyone accepting public money ought to be accountable to the public, just as I am accountable to the bank when I accept its money to purchase a home. I disagree with the sense of entitlement in this country (welfare, healthcare, affirmative action, etc.) I think the OP is correct in that there simply isn't enough accountability.

I, for one, don't want to waste my money drug testing the people on welfare. I'd rather waste my money overhauling the system, decreasing the incentive to have children, and educating people on the steps (and benefits) to eliminate their own need. Of course, I also would like to simply eradicate the communities who have to come to see welfare as an acceptable means of living--programs like this began to get people back on their feet after catastrophe, and throughout the 70s and even 80s, it was shameful to admit to being on welfare/food stamps. Now it's some type of badge of honor, as though being poor and ignorant has become cool. Just fucking die.