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:
It has been easier for then to get welfare when they can’t get a job because they know they will fail a UA test
HOW ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT ILLEGALS
Well it’s about time!!!
Yes!!!!!!
Of course it is!!
More of a random drug screen is better. Make them have to go to an office to get their check and random UAs are given before they get a check or money deposited into accounts. Also at any time a social worker or who ever is designated shows up at house on random and a drug screen is presented that way too.
Wonderful I’m all for it. WPA worked in my dad’s day He was proud to work for what was provided for him
It matters not to me if the state screens them or not, but the article listed has skewed the hell out of the real results. Out of 7,600 Work First applicants screened, 159 were required to be tested. Of those, 70 didn’t show up for the test. Of the remaining 89, 21 tested positive. The positive tests are only 0.3 percent of those screened. Even assuming all the no-shows were drug users, the percentage is still less than 1.2 percent. Why didn’t the state test all 7,600?
expensive but necessary drugs good for no one
Why can’t they work????? That should be the first test.