Pros And Cons Of Welfare Reform

Abusing the welfare system has always been an issue in the United States. There are thousands of able-bodied capable adults, without children, who are not plagued by a disability, collecting the benefits of the welfare. With how our welfare system is set up right now, recipients can collect taxpayer money with little to no work, and not contributing to their community at all. Now, kicking off every adult believed to be able bodied, is not what is going to happen. There will be better programs put into place, to help those in need become self-sufficient. Programs to help those with not only physical, but mental disabilities get the treatment needed will be put into place. There will also be routine drug testing, job trainings, and mandatory …show more content…
When there is less welfare to go around, it can decrease the caseload for government workers, and allows them to focus on other pursuits. Less welfare can also mean less government employees, which could cut down the power in the government ensuring that taxpayer money doesn’t go to waste. There will be less government spending, as $668 billion dollars is spent a year that number will go down when less people are collecting benefits, especially if they are fully capable of working. Cons of welfare reform could be the crime rate. It is hard to attribute crime statistics to any law or government policy, but it can be easy to see how if a citizen whose basic needs are not met and someone who doesn’t want to get a job to support themselves will resort to crime. The biggest con of welfare today is the programs can change and change, but it still isn’t fixing the core problem, that people are in poverty. Welfare is in place because people don’t have equal opportunities. Until real equality between gender, race, and socioeconomic circumstances can be created through education. There will always be the rich and poor, but the gap continues to