The U.S. Government and Welfare - helping hand or creating
dependencies?
For a long time now, since the accomplished formation of a
stable government, the U.S government has had programs and
passed laws that either dealt with issues of or influence
family. Many of these "family" programs and laws currently in
place today are frequently and commonly debated.
One of the most debated and most labored over "family" programs
or law is Welfare. The argument is whether or not to, and how
welfare should be cut or minimized. The debate is simple enough,
but the argument on welfare's benefits and drawbacks is not.
On the pro side of the argument, welfare aids poor families as
well as the economy and may help to reduce crime. Welfare's
benefits far outweigh its drawbacks. Welfare generally helps
poor families survive in today's economy by providing a means
for them to obtain food while they search for a job.
These families receive food stamps, to purchase food, and a
small amount of dollars to aid with either rent or utilities.
Because of this income from welfare, crime is reduced. This is
because there is now more income so the poor no longer have the
need to go out and commit crimes to attain that income. Welfare
also aids in improving the economy because the children of these
families can afford to go to school and have a chance to make
something of themselves. Instead of enrolling in welfare
themselves, in the future these people will make contributions
to the economy and will be tax paying citizens. On the contrary,
welfare is currently a great government expense that tax payers
pay for. Federal tax rates throughout the country are extremely
high and welfare, along with Medicare and Medicaid, are main
contributors.
The purpose of welfare is to aid a person with monetary need in
getting by until they can find a job to support themselves, but
this seldom occurs. Some argue that there are plenty of poor
families that get along without welfare and its benefits. These
people argue that the heads of these families have multiple jobs
and work extremely hard to get by, while others just sit and
collect a welfare check
from the government. Many feel that this is unfair to the hard
workers, and unfair to the tax payers. Others say that these
people are in their present situation because of their own ill
choices in life and that the government owes them nothing. It is
also true that there exist a great number of people that abuse
the welfare program. These individuals may enroll in welfare
without the intention of ever getting a job.
The pro's and con's of welfare are clear. The drain from welfare
on tax payer money, although great , is decreasing as more and
more people get off welfare and begin work.
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