Viewpoints On Welfare

We all pretty much aspire for the same things in life, Americans want opportunity and prosperity. Americans want their children to be healthy, and want as few people as possible to suffer and we want the streets to be free of violence and crime. In the United States, there are two differing views on welfare, one being the liberal viewpoint and the other being the conservative viewpoint. Their liberal viewpoint supports welfare, including long term welfare. This viewpoint in essence provides a safety net to bring a sort of fairness to the American economic life. The other viewpoint is the conservative view. This viewpoint has opposition to welfare as a long term fix for people’s economic shortfalls. This viewpoint focuses on making it possible
Welfare is an unethical government program because some recipients may use their benefits for the wrong purposes such as drugs or other illegal activities. Trillions of dollars have been spent on welfare recipients and that comes from the American people’s money. If using American earned money isn’t bad enough already, there are many other forms of welfare such as food stamps, housing, and Medicaid that requires a person to pay nothing out of pocket. While the rest of the working population may struggle to pay their own bills, welfare recipients rely on others to pay theirs. Welfare cuts into the American people’s tax dollars and is an unjustified system for the less fortunate to receive benefits from the government. Welfare should not be government funded because people must work for what they want and not rely on government
However, during the 1990s, people began to accuse other of misusing the system by not looking for jobs and having more children, which increases benefits for families. After these accusations were made, the government formed TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). The TANF grant is given to each state to help run and regulate the welfare program. By the 1960s, critics began to think society had become too dependent on government handouts. It would take years, however, for regulations to be put onto these benefits. New laws were put into place stating that recipients must find work within two years and must work at least 30 hours a week in order to receive benefits. Studies show that a married couple with two children can receive up to $35,000 in benefits a year (Lee, Michelle Ye Hee). The truth if the matter is that government benefits have been put into action basically everywhere, even including free lunches at school. The growing demand for welfare has put a drought on the American people’s tax dollars. If people actively sought employment, America would be less economically