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.
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And I don’t know about where you live but here there are no jobs…if you want them to work for benefits fine but drug testing drives costs up just to line someone’s pocket and benefits none…this is a surplus food country…we pay farmers not to grow here…if your looking to reduce your taxes look elsewhere…this program isn’t to blame…not when we are sending billions to terrorists!
It’s about friggin time. Should be nationwide. Not saying all recipients are taking drugs but there are a lot who are. Lets weed them out. No pun intended.
I JUST SAW THAT A CARO
PLEASE HELP US take a stand for our CHILDREN and help enrich our communities!! OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR SUCCESSORS!!!
WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT COULD VERY WELL CHANGE THE WAY THINGS ARE!!! we have so many after school programs and all it takes is for them to understand the plan, and implement it into the program they already have.. What most people do not understand is that without CONSISTENCY and REPETITION and VARIETY this will not work… They have programs with a few different training programs.. Take for instance a cooking class for kids. Most organizations will have a cooking class or leadership training one day a week for only a month.. Though intentions are good it lacks repetition and that in return does not do much for a family where siblings are looking after other siblings because a parent has to work long hours to just get by.. Putting into place a program that teaches our children different traits consistently will in return help kids bring out their creativity, give them a more positive attitude, and would more likely succeed in life… IF YOU YOURSELF HAD LEARNED how to do carpentry, simple electronics, simple mechanics, cooking, sewing, AND etc… HOW MUCH FARTHER DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE IN LIFE???
I have plans and Ideas that would make it a little to no cost change in the organization!! Please pass on!!!
Thank you,
BILLIE JO SHARP
Test the$#%&!@*out of them
Lies
The cost of the test is recouped the first month the positive results/didn’t show up recipients don’t get benefits.
NY needs to drug test all welfare recipients
It’s about time
They should looks like all Mexicans