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:
to bad they don’t drug test all politicians too.
Looks likely keep its all Mexicans in life me.
Everyone should!!
Finally!!!! And make them eat
Bacon!!!!
That’s more like 60% of the people TESTED failed. You go by tested, not screened. They should test all 7600 because the numbers would be astonishing. Then this wouldn’t even be in question.
What facts did you look at? Out of the 157 people tested, 91 didn’t show up or pass. That’s 60+% failure! that’s not a waste at all.
Other states have done it buddy it was a disaster!
Plus the cost of testing should be deducted out of the welfare funds. It shouldn’t cost tax payers a dime more.
Well it does
This is so misleading. They tested 157 people, 91 didn’t pass or show up. That’s about 66%. The number 7600 has nothing to do with this %. They only tested 157 people…. not 7600. Geez my 9 year old could’ve figured that out. This is a b******t article.