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:
Aw come on guys, this is why they call you racists. All latino looking. I know some whites and blacks, heard of muslims that are on the welfare rolls.
One word ” GOOD “
All States should pass this Bill. Can’t Afford to pay bills, but just have enough to get Drugs. Wow that’s nice. So tax payers your money is just going up in Smoke. Keep up the good work Folks for every person we get positive, is another Veteran we get off the street’s. Oh and you get to take their place on the street’s…….
My bet is, if done without warning, people would be shocked at the number of “users”.
Love it!
Jon Webb it’s the cheapest form of detection no doubt that will be the choice of detection.
It should be done everywhere.
What a shock
Every state should be doing this.
Yes!!! 🙂