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:
Why don’t you look up and see what percentage of welfare money is spent on soda like about half now that’s b******t!
This is a ridiculous program- and the people who are cheering its merit don’t even know what will be tested- it’s not only invasive but it’s incomplete to boot
Trump make it law for all states to follow
Go get em NC!
Those testing positive are quite LOW, in all states that have decided to do this. The cost of the testing is greater than the savings of those taken off welfare.
Oh dear what a shame ,hope this is true.
When do we start.
This guy is basing his 0.3% on the whole 7,600, not the 89 tested. 159 were random sampled, of which 70 no-showed. Of the 89 tested, 21 were positive for illegal drugs. That’s 23.6%.
I work for a government in Florida they have no problem testing us all the time
If we didn’t spend so much more on corporate welfare, then social welfare wouldn’t even cause an issue. Yet we give subsidies and tax breaks even, to multi million dollar companies. Most people and families on welfare work.