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:
Good
Good
Ga needs to do this too
this is great but feeling sorry for millions of children that will go hungry due to what parent or parents are doing with there sickness of drugs..
Great idea
come on Texas , you should also
Should be MANDATORY across the country !
I have to take a drug test to GET A JOB, you want to be a welfare recipient, take the damn test !
Good and I hope it spreads to all the states!!!
Problem being its extremely easy to cheat on a drug test
Needs to be done….