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:
They need to start here in California… ASAP get this people to work, training, something
A very common and understandable misconception. WSJ, 2015 – “The study found that 56% of federal and state dollars spent between 2009 and 2011 on welfare programs — including Medicaid, food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit — flowed to working families and individuals with jobs. In some industries, about half the workforce relies on welfare.” This illustrates the need to raise the minimum wage so working persons can get off of welfare.
Amen
The majority of these also work full time but still don’t earn a living wage. I think this is a crime in a nation which has 40% of the wealth in the world.
It’s about freakin time bring it to all states.
B******t! “Each year, state governments spend an estimated $11 billion to $22 billion to provide welfare to immigrants.” That’s welfare payments in 2001 to all immigrants – both legal and illegal – plus households including U.S. citizens if they are headed by a person who was born outside the United States.
Many would surprise me, but the testing shows that few fail the drug tests.
Deport thier lazy asses
Well well imagine that 57% either fail or fail to appear. Who’d a thunk? Oh yeah we did!!!! Now will they be cut off?
If they tested ALL recipients the states would lose their$#%&!@* Instead they use some kind of magic screening and test around 2% of recipients.