The Pros And Cons Of Welfare Reform
During the Great Depression programs such as, social security, and pensions did not exist. Frank Delano Roosevelt created Welfare reform for older Americans. The depression made it necessary for means to assist the poor. As well as welfare programs FDR created the NRA, WPA, and PWA. The idea of Social Security is that employers and employees would contribute to a pension fund. Another name for Social security is called a “transfer program”. Younger generations are transferring income to the older generation. In return the younger generation will hopefully be rewarded income by the generation after them. This fund is payable upon retirements. Social security was a secure and guaranteeing way to aid older citizens. Social security has allowed the retirees to live longer and in better care.
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The welfare reform act of 1996 was the largest federal change in welfare policy in decades.
The act pushed welfare recipients back to work. Welfare put a strain on taxpayers and recipients oddly enough. The problem with the program is that is barely gave enough to recipients to live off of. If they were to go to work, then most of their earned income would be taken away in benefits. This discouraged them to work and collect welfare checks instead. Furthermore, families became even more dependent on welfare. Wisconsin set an excellent model for welfare reform. They set up services such as childcare so that parents could work. Currently child poverty rates declined. African-American child poverty is at the lowest in the nation’s history. In the past five years’ single mothers have moved from welfare into work. After the welfare reform the numbers of recipients fell by more than half. Minimum wage has also increased and the earned income tax credit was made more
generous.
In 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This eliminated discrimination in the workforce. Employment opened up for minorities and African Americans. Millions of dollars have been spent to eradicate poverty. Accord to Ron Haskin, poverty can be avoided by working, and convincing people to stay in school. More than half of African American and Hispanic babies are born out of marriage. Single parent household are four to give times more likely to grow up in poverty. Community centers strive to assist people in looking for a job. They also help them with job training and interviews. With social security the poverty among the elderly has fall from 25% to 10%
The welfare reform act of 1996 was the largest federal change in welfare policy in decades.
The act pushed welfare recipients back to work. Welfare put a strain on taxpayers and recipients oddly enough. The problem with the program is that is barely gave enough to recipients to live off of. If they were to go to work, then most of their earned income would be taken away in benefits. This discouraged them to work and collect welfare checks instead. Furthermore, families became even more dependent on welfare. Wisconsin set an excellent model for welfare reform. They set up services such as childcare so that parents could work. Currently child poverty rates declined. African-American child poverty is at the lowest in the nation’s history. In the past five years’ single mothers have moved from welfare into work. After the welfare reform the numbers of recipients fell by more than half. Minimum wage has also increased and the earned income tax credit was made more
generous.
In 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This eliminated discrimination in the workforce. Employment opened up for minorities and African Americans. Millions of dollars have been spent to eradicate poverty. Accord to Ron Haskin, poverty can be avoided by working, and convincing people to stay in school. More than half of African American and Hispanic babies are born out of marriage. Single parent household are four to give times more likely to grow up in poverty. Community centers strive to assist people in looking for a job. They also help them with job training and interviews. With social security the poverty among the elderly has fall from 25% to 10%