Alyssa Eashoo
Geoff Bouvier
ENC 1102
9-22-14
The Facade of Welfare The common misconception that welfare users are abusing their income has been the biggest lie that has overcome the United States. Over half the tax payers would like to say that many welfare users are taking advantage of the system by having kids to gain benefits, or not looking for jobs so they can keep their unemployment income. But what the taxpayers fail to understand is that the government they love, is the sole reason that many welfare recipients are on this aid to begin with. The United States appears to be the perfect country for opportunity to everyone outside of it, but once you get in, you see the real deal. I don 't think that anyone realizes that one-third of the American population is on welfare as of August 2014. We all know that this isn 't …show more content…
After attaining a job, and receiving a larger income, even $100 more than before, these recipients are being stripped of their benefits as the income goes up. But stripping benefits doesn 't stop there. Almost all families on welfare, get health benefits through Medicaid. But if they attained a large enough income to get off welfare, almost all will lose the insurance received. Why on Earth would someone want to receive more of an income, just to have to spend much of it on something they attain for a lesser cost on welfare? Recipients are also going to lose the food stamps that each member or family attains. When comparing the costs and benefits of welfare, people realize that they can keep their food stamps and continue to get an income without needing to work; this sounds more attractive to people than having their benefits stripped and needing to work all day to attain the same level of comfort they had on welfare. Recipients have figured out that they can work the system and live
Geoff Bouvier
ENC 1102
9-22-14
The Facade of Welfare The common misconception that welfare users are abusing their income has been the biggest lie that has overcome the United States. Over half the tax payers would like to say that many welfare users are taking advantage of the system by having kids to gain benefits, or not looking for jobs so they can keep their unemployment income. But what the taxpayers fail to understand is that the government they love, is the sole reason that many welfare recipients are on this aid to begin with. The United States appears to be the perfect country for opportunity to everyone outside of it, but once you get in, you see the real deal. I don 't think that anyone realizes that one-third of the American population is on welfare as of August 2014. We all know that this isn 't …show more content…
After attaining a job, and receiving a larger income, even $100 more than before, these recipients are being stripped of their benefits as the income goes up. But stripping benefits doesn 't stop there. Almost all families on welfare, get health benefits through Medicaid. But if they attained a large enough income to get off welfare, almost all will lose the insurance received. Why on Earth would someone want to receive more of an income, just to have to spend much of it on something they attain for a lesser cost on welfare? Recipients are also going to lose the food stamps that each member or family attains. When comparing the costs and benefits of welfare, people realize that they can keep their food stamps and continue to get an income without needing to work; this sounds more attractive to people than having their benefits stripped and needing to work all day to attain the same level of comfort they had on welfare. Recipients have figured out that they can work the system and live