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:
They should test politicians too. The ones truly on the dole.
About time
Test everyone in every job then. Some welfare folks don’t work or go to school, should be tested.
it is about time
Looks like a bunch of damn illegal immigrants to me signed up for welfare
Federal jobs all require it. Welfare is paid federally.
I had to get tested monthly driving big rigs in Manteca..,but lets test the senators and everyone involved with them.. also take away their medical benefits and make,them pay out of pocket.. as well as all the other perks theyve given themselves over the yrs..
Pahlease, my money shouldn’t go to people who knew what would happen when they stuff themselves with drugs in the first place. Then cause your wasted you bring children into your life and screw them up then you expect the world to owe you a living. While your screwing your life up my family member with nerve damage from an oil rig accident, stenosis of the spine after breaking his back in an accident caused by a speeding 16 year old and her dad, yeah like that isn’t suspicious since the dad was most likely driving as my sister said but that would be a dui for him , more plates and bolts in his leg than construction sight, legionares disease from raw sewage spewing in the basement of a home for children abused, abandoned or neglected by people like these addicts, ptsd from the horror story they become because of you and he was denied, DENIED, 8 years he has lived this way but hey he can work…..right……sorry not sorry.
Anyone who gets paid by the government as well?
Do you need to drug test the whole family just because Mom don’t do drugs doesn’t mean the family is not