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:
should they be testing the teenage children of welfare recipients too?
IT’S ABOUT TIME !!
Yeah if there doing drugs the kids should be taken from them.
No… Really???
So where’s the help for the workin mans kids if he fails a drug test..Oh that’s right he can just jump on welfare and let the workin man pay for his drugs
I just had a renter come pay rent and she was drug tested today. Already started in Texas yea!!!!
Mean spirited? Written by ACLU, enough said!
I’m not surprised. EVERY ONE who receives public assistance should have MANDATORY drug testing for illegal drugs prior to each check received.
sounds good to me
The money ain’t going to the children if they test positive