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:
Fu dumbass
All states should follow!
Think this will get more off programs! Here in Texas in our town they brag. Why work we can sit at home and do nothing. They get housing, Elec, cell phones, food stamps and of course drugs.
I’m for drug testing of all that get anything from the Government!!!
Like everything else now we’ll see how true this is
Previous similar programs found a very low percentage testing positive. Much more money wasted than saved!
Good move
Looks like nc fixin save some money
It’s takes a returd this long to figure that out!
Spell check
Protest Dat, get a Job, lazy