Welfare Reform in the United States Americans are some of the most generous people in the world‚ even when they are not trying to be. From its first enactment into law in 1935‚ to its current state the U.S. Welfare system has assisted hundreds of thousands of people in need. From depression to recession the U.S. Welfare system has changed constantly its role in society providing assistance to the elderly‚ to dependent children‚ and to the unemployed. The funding for the welfare system derives
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Welfare is government-provided support for those in need and who can’t support themselves. It was established by the Social Security Act of 1935‚ and it was created due to the Great Depression in the 1930s. The Welfare system greatly impacted many lives during the Great Depression and continues to help many families today. Not only has it helped families but it has helped the elderly‚ disabled‚ and mentally challenged. These different types of individuals use the system as it was meant to be used
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English 1302 14 July 2011 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Recently there has been a lot of debate over drug testing as an eligibility requirement for welfare recipients to receive benefits. There is a significant amount of Americans that agree with drug testing as an eligibility requirement for those seeking welfare benefits‚ but there is also individuals claiming that the drug testing is unconstitutional and is a violation of their fourth amendment of the U.S. constitution‚ protection against unreasonable
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there are 4.3 million Americans on welfare and using 131 billion dollars that come from the tax payers. Welfare has been a hot issue in the United States for a while and a common debate is whether citizens that qualify for welfare should be drug tested or not. Most Americans agree that some sort of support system for citizens that are struggling financially is a good idea and can help some get back on their feet. Others will argue that many people on welfare abuse their privileges to fund their
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Perspective’s on Social Welfare For a long time now‚ since the accomplished formation of a stable government‚ the United States has had the programs and laws that either dealt with issues of the family. Many of these "family" programs and laws currently that are currently in place today are frequently and commonly debated. One of the most debated and most labored over "family" program is welfare and whether or not the program should be cut or eliminated all together. Welfare is a government program
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110 September 2013 Welfare: In Serious Need Of Reform Welfare assistance programs have been in place in America for over 75 years. Following The Great Depression‚ President Roosevelt created the Social Security Act in 1935 in order to meet the needs of the elderly and unemployed. The Act also provided funding to states for programs such as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program in order to help children who were living in poverty (Streissguth 7-12). Welfare started out quite successfully
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College Prep English III 1 April 2013 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Welfare began during the great depression in the 1930’s then‚ just like now‚ there were many families that needed help from the government‚ and that is why they introduced welfare. In our world today there is social welfare‚ corporate welfare‚ child welfare‚ and many others that one can apply for. Other welfare programs‚ such as TANF and WIC‚ have truly made a difference in the lives of American families. Families are kept together
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necessities. Welfare is the financial support of people in need but how does the government decide who needs it. Is it the government’s responsibility to help them or should these people not depend on others to help them? Murray believes that welfare is not good because there is always going to be someone who is getting it that doesn’t need it and someone who needs it but isn’t getting it. He also believes that people who are getting will become completely dependent on it.Walzer believes that welfare is good
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Welfare: handouts to the lazy‚ or a helping hand to those facing hard times? The debate continues‚ even in the face of sweeping welfare reform‚ which‚ for all of its sound and fury‚ has not helped or changed much. What’s wrong with welfare and how can we fix it? This is not a simple question‚ and there is no simple answer. However‚ one thing remains eminently clear. Welfare desperately needs to change. But where are we now? Are we headed backward or forward? Does anybody even care? In “The Compassion
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The Welfare Trap Women‚ namely single mothers‚ on welfare are trapped in the system by children‚ job mobility‚ and lack of funds to create a better life for themselves and their children‚ which ultimately leads to years of struggle to break free from a system that neither benefits nor supports the women they were created to help. The welfare system has been infamously labeled as a "free money system" for unmotivated women with children they no longer wish to care to raise. This social stigma
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