Democrat and Republican liberals alike often excoriate those who think that welfare programs should not be parceled out indiscriminately, but should require something from the recipients. Back when Bill Clinton was fighting impeachment, he actually signed on to a welfare for work program, and amazingly, the welfare roles shrank!
It turns out that if people can get stuff for free, without having to do anything for it, they will. That should not be a surprise. The other thing liberals will have us believe is that welfare recipients have no responsibility for their situation. While that is certainly true in some cases, there are many more that result from poor decisions and behavior.
Starting late last year, North Carolina began requiring drug testing of new applicants for a state welfare program. A number of politicians decried the requirement as unfair, saying that it was too costly, and that it was onerous to those who would be required to take the test. The test was not universal and applied only to one program, but the results were quite surprising.
See test results on page 2:
I say that anybody receiving any kind of service from the government needs to be drug tested if we have jobs we are drug tested no different when you get free money
Good
Good should always be as well as food stamps should be for the basics. It gives them incentives to do better. If you give them everything there’s no incentive.
high percentages testing positive?, wow you could have knocked me over with a feather.
Mindy Utz Heard it have never seen it (poppy seed).
Good
Yea.
Love it let’s keep it going
see how they like that. should have stayed home to ones self ha ha h a ha ha
That should cut the rolls in half