a) Introduction a.i) Government assistance‚ or welfare‚ is a very broad term. There are many different welfare programs available in the United States e.g.‚ food stamps‚ cash assistance‚ and government housing. Currently there is mass debate‚ in courtrooms across the U.S.‚ regarding the legality and morality of pre-assistance drug testing. This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the history of welfare reform; the histories of drug testing in regards to assistance eligibility; and
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Is Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Constitutional? OVERVIEW Recently Floridas governor Rick Scott put a new drug testing law into action. This law calls for the drug testing of welfare recipients‚ simply because taxpayers do not want to support drug addictions‚ but would rather the money go toward necessities like children and food. What do we as Americans do about this? Are there options to reform the welfare system? Other states have attempted laws similar to this but none have succeeded
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Unsurprisingly‚ social welfare law has not escaped the neoliberal influence‚ with developments in this area of law creating human suffering and constraining human agency. Bourdieu’s categorisation of social welfare law and neoliberalism as forms of structural violence‚ will be explored in this essay in a manner that supports the sociologist’s argument. This will be done by discussing the nature of the anti-welfare rhetoric of neoliberalism‚ the subsequent restructuring of social welfare law to serve
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Drug Use in Our Welfare System A common problem in today’s welfare system is the use of drugs. Substance abuse and addiction often interfere with a parent’s ability to get and keep jobs as well as contributes to child abuse and neglect. Addicted mothers show several deficits in their parenting behaviors. They are usually unengaged‚ uncommunicative with their infants‚ often use threatening and authoritarian disciplinary approaches. They also have a higher incidence of child abuse and neglect
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Welfare in the United States Everyone has their own opinion about the welfare system in the United States. Some feel it is well-designed and other find it to be valueless. Some say it is an excuse for “the lazy” to not have to contribute to society‚ and use it as a source of income. Some even say the program isn’t utilized in the manner in which it was meant when established. Regardless of opinions‚ the welfare system was established to help those in a time of need. The United States‚ “The
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A welfare state is a social concept in which the government accepts accountability for the prosperity of natives by ensuring that individuals have access to basic resources such as housing‚ health care‚ education‚ and employment. Prompting the rule that administrative advantages are a benefit and not a privilege. Until the Great Depression state and local governments bore some obligation regarding welfare. For the most part‚ such help was negligible. In the best-case scenario‚ with church and volunteer
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animal testing (Klazema). “An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing” ProCon.org describes. Experimentation on animals has been found from as early to 500 BC. Although the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) protects many types of animals‚ it
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There are companies all over the world that are getting success exponentially in their respective fields by just giving enough benefits to their workers. Here are some examples of worker’s welfare that are in practice in advance companies: At Google: Most workers at Google have base salaries that are on the lower end of normal for the markets they operate in but the benefits they get are much more than any respective company. No need for employees to pack a sandwich for lunch or rush home to cook
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American Exceptionalism and Social Welfare Development The term American Exceptionalism‚ introduced by Alexis de Tocqueville in 1931‚ was based on the idea of America being built on individualistic‚ anti-government beliefs and attitudes‚ with special attention directed to personal freedoms and rights (Skocpol‚ 1992). The weakness of government caused by the decentralization of its power‚ slavery‚ increasing immigration‚ as well as cultural and racial discrimination played a crucial role in the
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Argument Summary The original idea of the United States Social Welfare System that was prompted in the 1930s due to the Great Depression‚ was that it would be a temporary program used to help those who recently became unemployed to get back on their feet. In a recent article by Hope yen of the Huffington Post‚ "Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness‚ near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives‚ a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American
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