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:
gee, what a surprise
Let’s see how many pass the drug testing.
Yes – this should be done in every state
Good idea!
You no if a man pays out 60 percent of his check for child support and he makes 10 bucks a hour he can’t get food stamps because they don’t count child support I no men that won’t pay for there kids and get food stamp
It should also be random once they start getting it. People can behave long enough to get free money but will start back up once they get it.
Tennessee should do the same.
Yes!
Come on Arizona, we should be doing this!!!
Yes about time