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:
this will only hurt the children of drug users 🙁
So if you flunk who feeds and clothes your kids? The State isnt going to let them starve, and if treatment is offered who pays for that? So yall see, it’s still us tax payers footing the same families only now we have the added expense of a drug test
Are they testing the legislature too ????
That’s the way it should be in all States
Good.
This is contrary to results of other states that found testing more expensive than savings.
All states should
Very good
its about time.
It’s about fucking time I have to take a drug test to get a job to work for the money to pay my taxes so they can get welfare benefits why the$#%&!@*can’t they take a drug test to get them benefits oh wait if they fail a drug test they lose their benefits so therefore if they can afford to buy drugs they can afford to buy food they should have to take a drug test every month