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:
Every STATE needs to do this
This should be nationwide!
Well…DUH!!!!!
It’s about time, every state should follow
yes it is time for this
They should.
About time, it’s a start
Great
There should be a time limit on any thing it’s suppose to be there for help not for life they will wind up only testing people that get unemployment and it’s sad because they work for it they all ready make really sick folks go to a doctor ever month to test to get there medicine most can barley get there and when they give people food stamps the first time it is a unbelievable amount you no how many people they could help if they gave folks just enough to eat and not extra to sale that’s why so many people are over weight because they live on junk microwave food that hard working folks can’t afford EBT cards should not be able to be used st gas stations and not for junk food
And give poor old folks 13.00 a month and they starve while these lazy people that never worked a day 1.000 a month