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:
Approved picture ID required for chain of custody/validity of results.
And Hollywood,crack down on drug addition,even if they are union
This is out of context and spreading misinformation. Here is a quote from the News and Observer.
“About 7,600 Work First applicants were screened, and 159 were required to be tested. Of those, 70 didn’t show up for the test. Of the remaining 89, 21 tested positive. The positive tests are only 0.3 percent of those screened. Even assuming all the no-shows were drug users, the percentage is still less than 1.2 percent. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the rate of illicit drug use among Americans 12 and older is 9.4 percent.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/ned-barnett/article60097156.html#storylink=cpy “
Do it ,
I don’t believe this testing for N.C.
What jappends if they taking prescription drugs from the doctors will they get cut too?
Good!!!! No more free rides. Get a job!!!
No s**t
Awesome should be for all states
Legals or criminals