If this goes through, I can't imagine it doing anything other than costing way the hell more money. So these drug addicts no longer have money coming in. Do Republicans really believe they are just going to sit there and starve to death? No they will not. They will resort to violent crime to take care of themselves. Innocent people will be harmed or killed and eventually the drug addict will end up in prison. So what was a relatively inexpensive monthly check turns into an expense that is an order of magnitude larger.... and innocents are harmed to boot. When you dive into Republican thinking, you really are swimming in the shallowest end of the intellectual pool (I won't even mention the morality pool).
I agree with you.
I'm on disability, and I depend on a check to live, since my disability makes me unemployable. (Before my disability I used to be a programmer.)
But if I have to be hospitalized, I'm sure that it costs the state, via my medicaid and medicare, quite a bit more than my monthly check. Probably a year's worth of checks.
So, I do my best to live on my own in public housing, on the monthly check, and try to stay out of trouble, out of the hospital, and basically out of society's way.
I live on less than $15K/yr, and rent and car insurance costs nearly half of my check. Yeah, I eat a lot of Ramen, and a lot of P&P Loaf sandwiches.
No, surprisingly, I don't really qualify for Food Stamps. For maybe two years I was on there, but I only got $16/mo.
Edit: Forgot to mention, no alcohol / tobacco / illicit drugs.
The newest technology, and plenty of caffeine, those are my drugs.