American Welfare: A Brief History Of Welfare

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American Welfare

Everything works today the way it works because of a factor of the past, including welfare. One of the parts that catch my attention from the history of welfare is that it was one of the reason states started controlling the inflow of people in their territory. They started to keep records of new arrivals, limiting the time period they can stay, and turned people away if they were sick, or seem like they would become a burden to the state for any other reason. Some of the punishment back then for those who disobey were brutal. For example, if someone was turned away and comeback the authorities whip them. Luckily today, our laws protect everyone form such as brutality. It also led to the residency laws. You must live in

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