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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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    drug testing for welfare. Research was conducted by reading and reviewing online references on the topic of drug testing when applying for welfare. The findings were that certain states in the United States are resorting to drug screening for welfare applications. This has caused complaints of the government being irrational and unconstitutional. In Conclusion it was found that drug testing for welfare would have a positive effect despite the high cost of drug screening welfare applicants.

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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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    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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    Assignment: Welfare Reform Act Traci Holmes May 29th‚ 2011 HCR 230 Week 3 The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) enacted in 1996 set forth three legislative goals: 1) to reduce dependence; 2) to reduce child poverty; and 3) to reduce illegitimacy and strengthen marriage. The reform has been effective in meeting each of these goals. ( Robert Rector) While the welfare reform law did not change how Medicaid delivers health

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    NURHAK ATAR The welfare state is the concept of the state which accepts responsibility for the welfare of its citizens and suggests the state plays a major role to protect and support the social and economic policies for citizens (Welfare state‚ 2017). In that sense the government produces certain policies to satisfy basic needs for its citizens by using public resources within its borders. In particular‚ the needs of citizens‚ such as health‚ education and low cost housing‚ are provided by the

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    "Unfortunately‚ over the years it became increasingly evident that welfare did much to discourage marriage and work‚ and destroy family and community‚" said Doug Bandow in 2013. There are numerous provisions set up within the United States in order to provide assistance for the less fortunate throughout the nation. However because these services no longer achieve the job they were implemented to achieve‚ funding for these organizations should be withdrawn and the burden removed from the general public

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    to create social welfare programs to end poverty and eradicate unemployment but these programs don’t address the main issues‚ only containing the problem. In recent years‚ the government has wanted to reduce the number of people on welfare and to cut back on funding for their social service programs. Although this is a difficult issue‚ after further examining the evidence‚ the government

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    Charge Clinton likewise authorized welfare change. In 1996‚ he passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act‚ which made work hunt a necessity down welfare beneficiaries and set lifetime limits on to what extent a man could get welfare. Decreasing wrongdoing was another domestic policy of Bill Clinton’s organization. He passed the Brady Law in 1993‚ which banned attack weapons and made record verifications on handgun purchasers a necessity. He likewise expanded financing

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    SOCIAL POLICY Social Policy and the Welfare System Leigh-Ann Hancock Kaplan University HN300-01 Human Services and Social Policy Professor Lorena Lashway May 1‚ 2012 Social Policy and the Welfare System Over one hundred years ago poverty-stricken Americans’ means of assistance was met through families‚ local communities‚ and charities‚ typically religious. Following industrialization in the 1870s‚ the nation’s adult workforce was flooded by employers who were dependent on a continuing flow

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