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:
Very good program.
There are some who are truly needing help and they should get it. If someone has a job but still needs food stamps then hopefully they don’t also have to do vol work but could still do drug test to start. Perhaps states could offer classes to get GED when needed and perhaps classes in a trade school free to help people perhaps get a better job. So if they take these classes then no need for volunteer hours. By doing this just maybe some of these people can get of the welfare system. But if they refuse to do any of these options then no assistance.
RANDOM TESTING AND MIN. HOURS OF WORK REQUIRED
Yes
I doubt this is even remotely true. They’ve already done this elsewhere in multiple states and the percentage of people with drugs in their system was LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. https://thinkprogress.org/what-7-states-discovered-after-spending-more-than-1-million-drug-testing-welfare-recipients-c346e0b4305d#.2x1vcljz6 and https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/michigans-effort-to-drug-test-welfare-recipients-catches-zero-bad-actors/ar-AAl1IqG and http://time.com/3117361/welfare-recipients-drug-testing/
Paul Brown And yet you want our tax money wasted on drug testing people that use drugs at the same rate as anyone else. Poor people being victimized so self-righteous morons can get angry about something while paying very little attention to anything important.
Ellen Cardone When “opinion pieces” give statistics as if they were facts it’s no longer an opinion piece. They intentionally skew numbers so their ignorant readers who can’t tell this is an echo chamber for bigots and morons.
Good…Weed them out…We submit to tests upon application and have our earnings taxed. They should test also, as well as volunteer in the community.. This is common Sence really
They all look illegal
That’s the way to do it. We the people have take the test just to keep a job