Welfare. A common household word that almost everyone has heard of, and many depend on. For those who may not know, Welfare is a government-provided support system for those unable to support themselves. According to CNS news, 35.4% of all Americans are using some sort of government assistance/welfare. With over 300 million people populating this country, roughly a third of them, 109 million, are given a crutch in society because they cannot meet their basic needs of living their selves. This averages out to about 110 million dollars that comes out of tax payer’s hard earned money annually. Over 37% of welfare recipients severely abuse the systems by spending the funds that are supposed to be used for food, clothes, and shelter, on alcohol,
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According to statistics, 10 million people in the United States are receiving unemployment benefits. Why should a person, excluding the disabled, be allowed to receive money without working a single hour? As a fellow taxpayer, it’s extremely unsettling to see a third of my check every two weeks go to people who are too lazy to work. They shouldn’t be required to obtain high paying job of any sort, just something to prove they’re attempting to earn their place in society. Too many Americans don’t work because of welfare. They know they have a reliable system to catch them when they fall so they fall. What happened to the American dream and working for everything you have? In today’s society, it is completely acceptable to live off the government’s money and have everything handed to you on a silver platter. The disapproval for welfare comes from the ideas of Social Darwinism. The idea that those who work hard and build profit will prosper and those who go skim by and go bankrupt will fail. This is the whole idea of the American dream dating back to the pilgrim times, if you don’t work, you don’t eat. Survival of the fittest. A simple cashier job at McDonalds is enough to show that you have the work ethic and self-integrity to deserve help from the government. There is a difference in receiving assistance and totally …show more content…
The Arizona department of economic security confirmed that over the course of five years, 42 recipients have been asked to take a drug analysis. 19 actually took the test, 16 of whom passed, and the other 23 were stripped of their benefits for failing the test. When the program was first implemented, it was promised to save over $1.7 million in revenue and it has done exactly that. Since then, 6 more states have started this program and will continue to save money. If every state, every program did this think of all the money that could be saved and actually given to the hard working citizens. Eventually, people will begin putting their families and their own prosperity above their bad habits when they find themselves homeless and
According to statistics, 10 million people in the United States are receiving unemployment benefits. Why should a person, excluding the disabled, be allowed to receive money without working a single hour? As a fellow taxpayer, it’s extremely unsettling to see a third of my check every two weeks go to people who are too lazy to work. They shouldn’t be required to obtain high paying job of any sort, just something to prove they’re attempting to earn their place in society. Too many Americans don’t work because of welfare. They know they have a reliable system to catch them when they fall so they fall. What happened to the American dream and working for everything you have? In today’s society, it is completely acceptable to live off the government’s money and have everything handed to you on a silver platter. The disapproval for welfare comes from the ideas of Social Darwinism. The idea that those who work hard and build profit will prosper and those who go skim by and go bankrupt will fail. This is the whole idea of the American dream dating back to the pilgrim times, if you don’t work, you don’t eat. Survival of the fittest. A simple cashier job at McDonalds is enough to show that you have the work ethic and self-integrity to deserve help from the government. There is a difference in receiving assistance and totally …show more content…
The Arizona department of economic security confirmed that over the course of five years, 42 recipients have been asked to take a drug analysis. 19 actually took the test, 16 of whom passed, and the other 23 were stripped of their benefits for failing the test. When the program was first implemented, it was promised to save over $1.7 million in revenue and it has done exactly that. Since then, 6 more states have started this program and will continue to save money. If every state, every program did this think of all the money that could be saved and actually given to the hard working citizens. Eventually, people will begin putting their families and their own prosperity above their bad habits when they find themselves homeless and