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:
they should do a surprise drug test instead of letting them know their is stuff out their to clean you up when you are on drugs
About time
This has proven to cost taxpayers more due to the percentage of the ones who were gaming the system.
Is John Beaumont Clark your brother? Curious❤️
I think an able bodied person should only receive benefits for a limited time
I see no problem in this, if you getting welfare, it should be for food not selling for drugs
It’s about time
Thats great..all states should do this…but in reality they will stay clean just long enough to test clean..then go back to using once tested. =(
A different result entirely from what this article said: https://thinkprogress.org/what-7-states-discovered-after-spending-more-than-1-million-drug-testing-welfare-recipients-c346e0b4305d#.qvvlvfyco
looks like they need to be deported