Why Do We Need The Welfare System?
Imagine losing a home because the cost of living was too expensive. This horrifying scenario is not imaginary, but an occurring conundrum in America today. The welfare system was established to aid families in hard times to avoid these situations. The United States of America's Welfare System is a program that was constructed to help struggling citizens with little to no income to aid basic necessities for themselves and their family. The idea of welfare was carried over from the British who had given money to those who were unemployed. The government services reformed immensely over the years to accommodate the United States' ways of living. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established a National Welfare System for the United States. As a
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Ever since there has been a growing gap between the classes of rich and poor, many are starting to adopt behavioral poverty, which is irregular behaviors. Behavioral poverty is a result to the lenient welfare system that is supposed to be a helping-hand, but is instead a hand-holding program. Assistance has been given continually to participants without question by the government. Welfare has allowed participants to "receive cash assistance indefinitely. However, some policymakers questioned the logic of paying able-bodied citizen... to stay out of the workforce" (Muennig). If the government denies those who abuse the system and accepts only the neediest families, debt can stop being a degradation to the welfare system. There are people that sit at home that are not even trying to look for a job because they are content with essentially abusing the welfare system. People can easily fill an application out for welfare programs to begin receiving benefits in little to no time. With longer and more information necessary for the applications, the amount of families eligible for support will decrease. Policies are in effect however, they are not enforced. Time limits of of how much a person receives while not being employed should be more strictly required so more participants will search for jobs. If enforced, welfare will be used for what it was created for instead of it being an abused
Ever since there has been a growing gap between the classes of rich and poor, many are starting to adopt behavioral poverty, which is irregular behaviors. Behavioral poverty is a result to the lenient welfare system that is supposed to be a helping-hand, but is instead a hand-holding program. Assistance has been given continually to participants without question by the government. Welfare has allowed participants to "receive cash assistance indefinitely. However, some policymakers questioned the logic of paying able-bodied citizen... to stay out of the workforce" (Muennig). If the government denies those who abuse the system and accepts only the neediest families, debt can stop being a degradation to the welfare system. There are people that sit at home that are not even trying to look for a job because they are content with essentially abusing the welfare system. People can easily fill an application out for welfare programs to begin receiving benefits in little to no time. With longer and more information necessary for the applications, the amount of families eligible for support will decrease. Policies are in effect however, they are not enforced. Time limits of of how much a person receives while not being employed should be more strictly required so more participants will search for jobs. If enforced, welfare will be used for what it was created for instead of it being an abused