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.
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It’s a shame they can’t do something like commodities like the old days. So many just sell there food stamps for drugs! And it has always ticked me off to be shopping and the customer ahead of me has so much more and things I wouldn’t buy because of price. I’ve always shopped very carefully. Because we worked and took care of ourselves and our children we can’t eat as well as these welfare people!! What’s up with that?? So wrong!!
Learn what trade cuz last time I looked the only sector that was hiring was minimum wage service jobs and part time at that. If your broke and unemployed who will loan you tens of thousands of dollars to pay for a degree that there are no jobs for? Then how are you able to pay the loan back? There is already a student loan bubble waiting to pop, millions of people who are either underemployed or unemployed carrying tens if thousands in new debt. The government is already looking to allow people to claim bankruptcy and be able to include student loans
Not surprised
Cheryl Minnick I worked 3 jobs as a single mom until I got a better jobs. I paid my last student loan payment 2 months before I retired. Never took welfare or any other hand out. It has never been easy for any of us. You work hard and get ahead. That’s the motivation and it’s lacking in so many people these days. They seem to think everyone else owes them and they live in a state of victimhood where they never get to reap the rewards of success.
Start with Nancy Pelosi first she’s so stupid she has to be on something
I think there should be drug testing and “work” involved. Wash the city cars, mow the parks, pick up litter, clean offices, etc. There is a lot that can be done to “earn”.
This looks like Mexico or central countries. .
Republican do this kind of stuff – they cut off benefits before the jobs are created…they go after the drug users before they get the drugs under control coming into the country – they do this stuff backwards.
We didn’t have welfare and we ate beans and beans and more beans that’s what you do when your poor! and then you look for a job because your hungry !!!
That’s why we need to deport them they have no business getting welfare or food stamp or signing up for our social services☹️drain the swamp .