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:
Not one comment about our 4th and 5th Amendment Rights?? What a damned shame.
Good hope more states do this. Not only does it save the state money, but may save lives as well.
We need to drug test libs
I love it
Might want to check for citizenship as well
I have to for a job to work and pay taxes, they should too
So why don’t we do is implement a $55 application fee for processing the paperwork and test and if I don’t have the money upfront did take it out the first check
Yes !!!!!
I bet there is more politivians and government employees who’d fail if tested
They also need to work for any kind of welfare. You just don’t work and sit back and receive. You must work.