Assignment 2: Income Support Policies
Louis Villegas
Ethics and Social Justice 220
Argosy University
July 28, 2013
Assignment 2: Income Support Policies
Social Security was established in 1935 and has been the largest social welfare program in the United States since. Its intended outcomes and funding comes from mandatory insurance system that levies a tax on payrolls and matched funds with the contributions of employers that are kept in a trust fund that pays retirement pensions based on prior earnings in the labor market. The targeted population is for workers that have reached the age of 66 or born after 1942. They receive a pension through the social security program, but also through private supplemental savings and pensions (Jillian Jimenez, 2012).
Liberals believe …show more content…
Social Security should be protected because it contributes as a safe keeping for our countries low-income and homeless. They believe that making changes to the Social Security policy would decrease people’s benefits and our nation’s population would become devastated. On the other hand Conservatives think that Social Security is being jeopardized by lack of money. Change is needed. They believe that Social Security is currently unstable with the amount of money coming in. If the nation can’t fix what is wrong then our nation’s population will become devastated as a result from it. They also believe in the fact that if we are able to keep track of our contributions to our own pensions and savings then there’s hope for Social Security. Both Liberals & Conservatives agree with the fact that something has to be done to reassure that we will have Social Security pensions for our retired workers. They are both concerned with the suffering of our nation’s population. Liberals don’t want to see change happen to our Social Security policies whereas the Conservatives are willing to make changes to the policy if it contributes to the improvement of the systems financial troubles.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) was established in 1996 and replaced the previous program Aids to Families with Dependent Children. Its funding comes from federal income maintenance programs. Its intended outcomes receive a cash grant and Medicaid eligibility for no more than 2 years. Recipients must participate in training or work mandated by the states and can only receive TANF for 5 years in their lifetime. The targeted population is typically meant for children under 18 and adult caretakers (Jillian Jimenez, 2012).
Liberals believe that TANF is a way of helping the less fortunate rise above the poverty line and reach sustainability.
They also believe that TANF is a safe keeping for the poor and protection. They believe in long-term temporary assistance to a certain extent. Conservation believe that TANF should be a short-term need of assistance. They think that people are taking advantage of the temporary assistance. They also think that opportunities should be provided to make it possible for those in need to become more independent instead of them continuing to become dependent on the support of the government. Both Liberals & Conservatives believe that temporary assistances is a way of helping less fortunate become more independent and sustainable along with becoming less dependent on government support. Liberals believe TANF should be a long-term temporary assistance to a certain extent whereas Conservatives think it should be a short-term need of assistance.
The differences between Social Security (SS) and Temporary Assistance for Needy families (TANF) is that Social Security was introduced in 1935 and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in 1996. Social Security targets people over the age of 66 whereas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families targets children under 18 and adult caretakers (Jillian Jimenez,
2012).
Something that they have common is that The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in 1996, out of the preexisting Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, which itself was created by Congress in 1935 as part of the Social Security Act (SSA) (Robert A. Moffitt, 2003).
References http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs/ http://www.ssa.gov/policy/ http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/policybriefs/ http://www.lurj.org/article.php/vol1n1/tanf.xml
Jillian Jimenez, (2012) Social Policy and Social Change: Towards the Creation of Social and Economic Justice, (Chapter 2, p.29)
http://www.nber.org/chapters/c10258.pdf
Ethics and Social Justice 220
Argosy University
July 28, 2013
Assignment 2: Income Support Policies
Social Security was established in 1935 and has been the largest social welfare program in the United States since. Its intended outcomes and funding comes from mandatory insurance system that levies a tax on payrolls and matched funds with the contributions of employers that are kept in a trust fund that pays retirement pensions based on prior earnings in the labor market. The targeted population is for workers that have reached the age of 66 or born after 1942. They receive a pension through the social security program, but also through private supplemental savings and pensions (Jillian Jimenez, 2012).
Liberals believe …show more content…
Social Security should be protected because it contributes as a safe keeping for our countries low-income and homeless. They believe that making changes to the Social Security policy would decrease people’s benefits and our nation’s population would become devastated. On the other hand Conservatives think that Social Security is being jeopardized by lack of money. Change is needed. They believe that Social Security is currently unstable with the amount of money coming in. If the nation can’t fix what is wrong then our nation’s population will become devastated as a result from it. They also believe in the fact that if we are able to keep track of our contributions to our own pensions and savings then there’s hope for Social Security. Both Liberals & Conservatives agree with the fact that something has to be done to reassure that we will have Social Security pensions for our retired workers. They are both concerned with the suffering of our nation’s population. Liberals don’t want to see change happen to our Social Security policies whereas the Conservatives are willing to make changes to the policy if it contributes to the improvement of the systems financial troubles.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) was established in 1996 and replaced the previous program Aids to Families with Dependent Children. Its funding comes from federal income maintenance programs. Its intended outcomes receive a cash grant and Medicaid eligibility for no more than 2 years. Recipients must participate in training or work mandated by the states and can only receive TANF for 5 years in their lifetime. The targeted population is typically meant for children under 18 and adult caretakers (Jillian Jimenez, 2012).
Liberals believe that TANF is a way of helping the less fortunate rise above the poverty line and reach sustainability.
They also believe that TANF is a safe keeping for the poor and protection. They believe in long-term temporary assistance to a certain extent. Conservation believe that TANF should be a short-term need of assistance. They think that people are taking advantage of the temporary assistance. They also think that opportunities should be provided to make it possible for those in need to become more independent instead of them continuing to become dependent on the support of the government. Both Liberals & Conservatives believe that temporary assistances is a way of helping less fortunate become more independent and sustainable along with becoming less dependent on government support. Liberals believe TANF should be a long-term temporary assistance to a certain extent whereas Conservatives think it should be a short-term need of assistance.
The differences between Social Security (SS) and Temporary Assistance for Needy families (TANF) is that Social Security was introduced in 1935 and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in 1996. Social Security targets people over the age of 66 whereas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families targets children under 18 and adult caretakers (Jillian Jimenez,
2012).
Something that they have common is that The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in 1996, out of the preexisting Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, which itself was created by Congress in 1935 as part of the Social Security Act (SSA) (Robert A. Moffitt, 2003).
References http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs/ http://www.ssa.gov/policy/ http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/policybriefs/ http://www.lurj.org/article.php/vol1n1/tanf.xml
Jillian Jimenez, (2012) Social Policy and Social Change: Towards the Creation of Social and Economic Justice, (Chapter 2, p.29)
http://www.nber.org/chapters/c10258.pdf