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:
Missouri spent $336,297 to test 38,970 / 48 Positive tests
Oklahoma :$385,872 to test 3,342 / 297 Positive
Utah spent $64,566 to test 9,552 / 29 positive tests
Kansas $40,000 to test 2,783 / 11 positive tests
Real shocker there!!
Not on board with this- pot should be an exemption. The kids will pay not the adults! If mom smokes a little weed to get through the day so what! Moms taking xanax and pills Willy nilly from doctors which are so much more dangerous to the well being of kids than a little pot!
About time
Fantastic
So what happens to the kids who don’t have food to eat because their parents are losers?
Agree with your theory but think kids will be the victims-pot needs to be an exemption. Anything harder I’m on board w/reparations
It’s about time. If you get tested for work you should get tested for welfare and housing
It’s hard to enumerate the benefit of doing something like this. What is the benefit to the future of the children to have a healthy, drug free home. What is the benefit of savings to the health care system by not being addicted to drugs, what is the benefit to society having a worker of sound mind and body contributing to the workforce. These are ‘hidden’ benefits that are rarely considered but in my opinion the most important.
Good for them all states should do it…