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:
LONG OVERDUE !!
Amen, i have been saying this should have been done years ago. This tax payer has no Problem with it
More programs like this will make Trump a billion dollars towatd our government waste recovery programs.
Good about time
Didn’t know we started this, but if its true, I’m all for it.
Good, every state should be doing this!
From the looks of the 2 women in the picture their food stamps should be cut for their own health.
I disagree with this math. If 6441 weren’t tested, or advised they would be tested, they don’t count in the percentage, because they weren’t in the test group. When conducting an experiment, you don’t count the results from non participants. You count the people actually in it. Now if all 7600 were told they’d be tested and all but 70 showed up, and 21 failed, and the 6441 weren’t tested even though they thought they would be, you could count them.
One test done, most likely in a demographic filled with crime and drugs, do these people know what statistics are?
And the results are rampant forest fires!