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:
All people receiving any type of state benefits should be tested. No if ands or butt. If you fail you shouldn’t be able to receive benefits for at least 3 years. I work my butt off have no benefits and still don’t ever have enough. That is to help people not be a way of life.
Just wondering so if they fail kids suffer then what DCFS in all states are so backlogged what are you going to do with the hundreds of kids that will possibly go hungry?
All states should do this test all of them
Send them back
Not good
Drug test public employees
It pays for itself over and over!
they ALLshould be everywhere .
Look what the hell you are testing.
Looks like a lot of trespassers. Deport Em All.