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:
Bout time …
Funny how it’s mostly the druggies that are opposed to the testing. Should be done in every state.
I think this is good but we also need to drug test our politicians. When we have politicians that think an island will sink with too many people on it I have to wonder are they that stupid or are they on some crazy drugs.
As long as you drug test everyone getting a state or federal paycheck(s). Not one group should be singled out when it comes to who is getting tax payers money. Drug screen them all.
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many states go down this idiot trail, apparently no shortage of idiots in leadership position pandering to stupid laws that don’t make sense. If you look at previous states that have enacted this policy the results will show that in the previous states it wasn’t cost effective as minimal people on benefits use illicit drugs and the cost of the program did not yield the intended savings to the program but in fact cost more to offer the test
About time. Also put back the work requirements
Good, should have been that way all along.
About time. The whole system needs to do this and it needs to be done once a month.
About time, every state should do this