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:
how about also checking if they are looking for a job in case they are not invalids???? I mean any job!
are they also putting up by taking drug tests themselves? I’m talking about top, down to the dog catcher. or is this another one of those laws that are for thee and not for me? just more cheaters subjugation of the weakest elements of society. like arresting homeless people and saying it is now illegal to feed them. this is NOT a good thing!!
They need to pull hair
Great
It was 1.2 % of the people on welfare tested positive. 7600 people at $55 per test. Over $400,000 spent to save less than $7000 per month. Way to go Republicans.
They should start this in West Virgina.
I got career homeless bums coming by breaking into my cars, and you want to coddle this c**p,
Good
dr carson is in charge of HUD now..his plan is to make sure those that are able get to work
They should volunteer to do your job