There are many programs within the American government that can be taken advantage of. The most devastating and easiest to abuse is the welfare system. So many families take advantage of the system that actually assists so many people actually in need. The Medicaid program has more participants than any other welfare system (Welfare 5). Welfare programs where introduced to assist families in need to live a good quality lifestyle, and also to help support their children. Families abusing the welfare circumstances clearly have no incentive to increase their work effort since they see no enhancement in their spending power (Welfare 5). “If welfare did not help the poor, then why would so many people be on welfare?’’ (Welfare). This is a question
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There are some people under welfare programs who were found to be abusing then and even came to a point of being dishonest of their status (Green Garage 3). This is because they have become too dependent on these programs, which should not be the case (Green Garage 3). Welfare also has some issues with regards to the cost to the exchequer (Green Garage 3). The money that funds all the welfare reform comes from the citizen’s taxes. While it is good to know that that tax money is going into those welfare programs, there are times that it becomes very costly for that state or country to bear (Green Garage 3). In fact, there were instances, where countries have fallen into fiscal deficits and were not able to pay off their debts from the World Bank and similar bodies because they had to spend it on welfare (Green Garage 3). Getting used to such benefits may lead to encouraging indolence. One big drawback of welfare is that it may cause some people to get too comfortable with benefits they are receiving, which might make them too lazy to work or make their conditions better on their own (Green Garage 4). This might even lead to such families to end up living on these benefits for the rest of their lives, which is not fair to that country’s taxpayers. Some welfare programs do not have the capacity, though, to help people in the long run because of insufficient budget (Green Garage 4). In fact, there are not enough welfare programs, which exist today, that can sustain the population’s continuous growth (Green Garage 4). Major programs such as food stamps, public housing, and Medicaid continue to reward idleness and penalize marriage (Welfare Spending 5). If welfare could be turned around to encourage work and marriage, persistent poverty would quickly turn around (Welfare Spending 5). This was exactly what was meant while bring welfare reform together. If a recipient has to
There are some people under welfare programs who were found to be abusing then and even came to a point of being dishonest of their status (Green Garage 3). This is because they have become too dependent on these programs, which should not be the case (Green Garage 3). Welfare also has some issues with regards to the cost to the exchequer (Green Garage 3). The money that funds all the welfare reform comes from the citizen’s taxes. While it is good to know that that tax money is going into those welfare programs, there are times that it becomes very costly for that state or country to bear (Green Garage 3). In fact, there were instances, where countries have fallen into fiscal deficits and were not able to pay off their debts from the World Bank and similar bodies because they had to spend it on welfare (Green Garage 3). Getting used to such benefits may lead to encouraging indolence. One big drawback of welfare is that it may cause some people to get too comfortable with benefits they are receiving, which might make them too lazy to work or make their conditions better on their own (Green Garage 4). This might even lead to such families to end up living on these benefits for the rest of their lives, which is not fair to that country’s taxpayers. Some welfare programs do not have the capacity, though, to help people in the long run because of insufficient budget (Green Garage 4). In fact, there are not enough welfare programs, which exist today, that can sustain the population’s continuous growth (Green Garage 4). Major programs such as food stamps, public housing, and Medicaid continue to reward idleness and penalize marriage (Welfare Spending 5). If welfare could be turned around to encourage work and marriage, persistent poverty would quickly turn around (Welfare Spending 5). This was exactly what was meant while bring welfare reform together. If a recipient has to