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:
Not surprised at all
About time
Ought to be in every state
Every state should do this. We the tax payers , are tired of paying for welfare benefits so the drug users can buy more drugs.
Good now put them to work
Good idea
Also they should be legal
And we need to test every politician weekly as well.. i wonder how many,would be caught?
Good!
No more welfare for anybody who can work and no more welfare for druggies