These people argue that the heads of these families have multiple jobs and work extremely hard to get by, while others just sit and collect a welfare check from the government. I feel that this is unfair to the hard workers, and unfair to us tax payers. Others say that these people are in their present situation because of their own ill choices in life and that the government owes them nothing. It is also true.
that there exist a great number of people that abuse the welfare program. These individuals may enroll in welfare without the intention of ever getting a job. Others trade foodstamps for cash or drugs. These ideas, or facts, can be used as a valid argument for the dismantling, or at least minimizing, of the welfare program.
Currently steps are being taken by the government to reduce the number of welfare recipients as well as to minimize spending on the program itself. The president recently introduced his "Workfare" plan. This plan, by forcing individuals to both work and search for work and by ultimately truncating their welfare benefits, should reduce both the number of people on welfare and the number of future enrollments.
The pro's and con's of welfare are clear. I am somewhat partial to the idea of down sizing, but am not a hard-line thinker and believe that the program should be left in place. The drain from welfare on tax payer money, although great , is decreasing as more and more people get off welfare and begin work.
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For a long time now, since the accomplished formation of a stable government, the U.S government has had programs and passed laws that either dealt with issues of or influence family. Many of these "family" programs and laws currently in place today are frequently and commonly debated. One of the most debated and most labored over "family" programs or law is Welfare. The argument is whether or not to, and how welfare should be cut or minimized.
In the United States this program is called welfare. ... Every year, the U.S. government spends billions of dollars on national welfare. ... The government provides welfare recipients with several enticing incentives for their "hard-earned" money. ... If welfare is abolished, the government will no longer be viewed as a similar source of nourishment. ... The government was never intended to be a charitable organization. ...
Corporate welfare is the government subsidizing businesses. Corporate welfare comes in many different forms of direct government grants, loans, insurance, or subsidies provided to businesses. ... The U.S. government gave money for a 29 million-dollar insurance policy to protect a new Levi Strauss factory in Turkey. ... The U.S. ... The Archer Daniels Midland Corporation (ADM) is considered the "most prominent recipient of corporate welfare in recent U.S. history" (Bovard, 1995). ...
I think that the government should set up more programs such as a work-for-welfare program for people on welfare. ... So if a child lives with a family who receives welfares, the child would start to believe that it is ok live off of government's checks. ... The government needs to give the recipients the tools they need to escape the welfare trap. ... If we the people are so uneducated and unskilled, how can we educated the good values of being a hard working U.S citizen to our next generation? ... Like JFK said, "Don't think about what the government can do for you, think about ...
Welfare debate The Everlasting Debate on Welfare Welfare: Government benefits distributed to impoverished persons to enable them to maintain a minimum standard of well-being (Jannson 39). Providing welfare benefits to poor people has been a controversial issue throughout U.S. history. Since the colonial period, government welfare policy has reflected the belief that people are responsible for their poverty leading to the principle that governmental benefits are a privilege and not a right(Wests 310). ... Until the Great Depression of the 1930's, state and local governments bore s...
Welfare. ... In the past few years, the federal governments and state governments have tried to change and improve the welfare system. ... The Personal Responsibility Act is an attempt to overhaul the welfare system by putting limits on eligibility and reducing dependency on government. ... To further reduce welfare spending, welfare assistance is denied to non- citizens, except refugees over 75 years of age, those lawfully admitted to the U.S., or those who have resided in the U.S. for at least five years. ... The government isn't punishing them. ...
During these years the government reduced welfare assistance to families to a temporary basis and cut back billions of federal aid that they were providing to the system. ... To many people, the Welfare Reform Act can be seen as a positive approach in reducing unnecessary government spending. ... Instead of working to pay for everyday needs, they receive welfare benefits through the government, food stamps and additional aid by means of subsidized housing. ... For example, France and the U.S. would both have about 25 percent of child poverty rates without government assistance. In France, th...
As welfare rolls fall, families that rely on government assistance are increasingly concentrated in big cities. Nearly three in every five people on welfare can be found in the 100 largest U.S. cities. ... It is commonly believed that the welfare system is comprised of lazy people who want to cheat the government out of money. ... In fact, in 1991 less that 5 percent of all welfare benefits went to people who were not entitled to them (AFDC Figures From U.S. ... For example, welfare per month for three children costs the government anywhere from $377 to $656. ...
Essentially, all countries should have welfare programs that provide for those people who are needy. However, in order to avoid the dependence of welfare among different groups in our society, government should create policies to modify the current socioeconomic issues and be more selective in deciding just how needy is needy. ... According to Virginia Abernethy, "immigration accounts for nearly half of U.S. population growth" (Abernethy). ... Many of these mothers who seek government assistance are teenagers or are unwed. ... But the government providing unlimited aid to these mothers will...