Deserving Poor Essay

The “deserving poor” are people who get public assistance because they are simply poor due to illness, disability or age, etc. The “undeserving poor” are categorized as lazy people. Collecting welfare means your living in poverty. These two types of groups are separated and given expectations in order to receive help. According to “The Washington Post” she/he states that the deserving people are working, married, have children meanwhile the undeserving are people who are single parents or childless adults. When I see how they have put brackets depending on who we are and what we have need, I get upset. How is it that people who work are still concern undeserving based on their status? They system has it all wrong, it should be the opposite. Single mothers should get the help they need and so should childless adults. It shocks me that they could deny the help for those in need and give it to those who truly don’t need it. There system should be changed and should undergo other requirements in order to determine who’s deserving and who’s not. There are many people who lie through these applications and get approved and then those who are honest who need the help to support their family get deny.
This reminds me of a time when I applied for Medicaid because I was uninsured and needed assistance. The process was extremely …show more content…
It’s true why not reward those who are working extremely hard but still are not meeting the poverty line. It is important that everyone receives help, because what can happen is that everyone will become disable or sick in order to qualify for welfare. Being that there is many reasons for falling into the bracket many will take that into consideration. We live a world where people will do what they have to do to survive. Yes, there are those who will do nothing to move forward in till some sort of help is handed to them but truth is those are the ones