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:
When they explained to them it is because many employers drug test so it’s best they stay clean, most of them were confused and said “what, I have no intentions of ever working. Why the hell would I have these 7 kids to 6 men if I wanted a job? Can I apply for a waiver?”
GOOD
Good they need to assure good for nothing druggies need to be removed from list
Fact check less then 1% of recipients in the state failed a drug test
Go figure
Arizona spent over $1.7 million to drug test welfare recipients and caught 1 person in three years.
Works for me! I had to test for a job!
About time Amen
Good job
Problem is, they only test on application. They can be clean for that day if try. It should be on application and totally random as long as on any “entitlemrnts”.