Jar’ee Rhodes Professor Davis ENC 1102 16 July 2012 Does Welfare Encourage Dependency? Created by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression‚ the idea of welfare was to help those who are living in poverty and need help to feed their families. Since then‚ welfare has helped people in many ways‚ such as unemployment insurance and food stamps. However‚ with over 4.4 million people‚ Welfare has evolved from a program that is designed to help people who have fallen on hard times‚ into a
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of the American population on welfare‚ the government annually spends about 132 billion dollars on welfare‚ which does not include either food stamps or unemployment insurance.” (DOHHS‚ 2012). Since the 1930s‚ many forms of welfare have been assisting the needy families and less fortunate of the society. However‚ within the past few years or so‚ there have been actions made to start drug testing recipients of welfare‚ potentially altering the whole concept of welfare. Although‚ only 3 states‚ as of
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Edin and Shaefer say in $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America‚ “welfare is dead‚” and the cause is the 1996 welfare reform. While welfare is not actually extinct in theory‚ in practice‚ the number of people benefiting from welfare has decreased significantly‚ while the amount of money being spent has increased‚ proving the ineffectiveness of the current system (Edin‚ Shaefer 2015: 7-9). The changes made to welfare in 1996 has worked against people unable to find or keep reliable work‚ meaning
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Drug testing welfare recipients is an excellent idea. For instance‚ random drug testing would help substance-abusing welfare recipients conquer their drug problems. Drug testing would be very helpful to the ones who are not substance abusing to actually get the help they deserve. It’s also great because most recipients have children which is what the benefits should be for if the recipient has TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy). Now there are plenty of recipients who abuse the programs like
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Pros: People may now be eligible for other welfare programs and that will then change their allotment for Cal-Fresh. Cons: People may not report their changes because they are intimidated due to the fact that they may be taken off the program completely. 6) It is required the county receives directly from the employer hours worked and earned income. Pros: No fraudulent claims. Cons: Laps response time from employer with in required deadline from the county. 7) Social workers need to be more
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Should Welfare be Limited with Time Picture this‚ you’re in the grocery store and you have budgeted yourself down to the last dime. You then think how hard you have worked for two weeks and you’re already low on cash because you had to pay rent‚ utilities‚ and other necessary bills. In front of you is standing a woman with a grocery cart full of groceries. You wonder how she can afford all that with the way prices are up. Then she pulls out a card‚ which looks like a debit card and tells the clerk
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Consequences of a Welfare State While researching texts written about the twentieth century welfare‚ I found that several authors are against the whole idea behind it‚ because in its basic concept welfare mean spending resources on citizens that are less successful in life‚ and who cannot depend on themselves to survive financially. The problem is evident when the government does not have a good plan to spend these resources‚ the consequences of these actions affect the middle-class and the lower-class
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Social Welfare Historical Periods For The Early History of Social Welfare Policy in America you see a lot of early forms of governmental aid. The Elizabethan Poor Laws provided aid for those who were basically unemployed for example if a farmer’s crop does not produce that year‚ relatives would pitch in to aid that farmer so they could survive. As it progressed into the later years government was becoming more organized. Jobs were produced through industries in the city. In the Early Relief
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America’s welfare system has become beaten and bruised. Although the welfare system started out as an appreciated helping hand for people in need‚ undoubtedly it has turned into a cycle that can‚ encourage individuals to hold back from succeeding on their own‚ through its many programs such as food stamps‚ low income and housing assistance‚ to the basic fact of who actually receives the benefits. Welfare was able to dig its roots into America during the time of the Great Depression. At that time
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The RCVS is important are they aim to improve animal health and welfare. They produce educational resources to aid students and people learning to be veterinary nurses or interested in becoming one‚ and they claim that they aim to uphold ‘ethical and clinical standards of veterinary surgeons and nurses’‚ (RCVS). Ethics is important as it ensures that procedures are being carried out morally and with the animals as a priority. This will also make customers more comfortable as well as the animals.
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