you are on with marcia howard.aller: when bill clinton was in program fortarted a people that were on welfare, mothers. they had two years to get some training and get off welfare. eliminated a lot of stress on the federal money coming to states. if government would do drug testing, the hair follicle tests because there are things you can take where the urine samples do not show the drugs, but you can take the hair follicles of these people who are on welfare and good food stamps -- actually, even any federal employee. i am sure we would save a lot of money because they would not have to be paying out money to people on drugs and draw social security or welfare or food stamps. because it is a big am a big ash lot of money being spent on that they could be saved. the clinton bill you are referring to was welfare reform. it created temporary assistance for needy families. that program still exists in the same structure as was enacted in 1996. it does have time limits on it and work requirements. interestingly, the am

also marcia howard will focus on state funding if congress does not reach a budget deal.nd economic reporter from "washington journal" we'll take your questions about the job summary. which found the unemployment rate went up in 28 state and declined in eight states. "washington journal" is next. >> the president's plan to try to keep college more affordable is already getting some reaction from capitol hill. we might have to weigh in. some are in support and some are critical saying the new ranging system that the president put out is arbitrary. meantime college can cost up to $30,000 year on average now for some folks and the debt load students carrying can be the same amount. with that background is the cost of college worth it? that's the question for you this