Welfare And Poverty

Present-day welfare does not effectively reduce poverty rates because the amount of money that the recipients receive does not grant the ability to come out of poverty. The poverty level in Ontario has only been reduced by less than 1%, which was reduced based upon government actions since 1981, (Backgrounder, 2005) even though the welfare system has been in place. As well, the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) benefits in Canada only supply enough food and money to live below the poverty line (Burman, 1996). Social assistance also creates a welfare poverty trap and weakens the economy. When the government gives people money it becomes less likely that the persons in this state will take the initiative to find jobs, because they …show more content…
Taxpayers are deducted a sum of money from the money that they personally worked for in which they should be compensated accordingly. This is unfair because the taxpayers have worked hard to earn the money they make and it should not be given to people who don’t work every day to support themselves. Rather, if they want to make an effort to support the poor it should be voluntarily, not forced upon them by the government. Depending on the amount of income that a person makes, they must pay a certain percentage towards taxes which go towards a pool, that supply’s all welfare recipients’ money they need to live. The recipients didn’t work for this money and they will not have to pay it back (Government Canada, 2015). The people on welfare are being given money because they are unable to form any other source of income. Currently, the Canadians have very little to no control over the aspects of the welfare system. If the taxpayers and workers have no say in how the welfare system works, why should they have to give money towards it? They should be allowed a voice to change the system for the better of our entire country. Overall if their money is going towards it they should have an idea of how it is being distributed. A suggestion for chance is a simple poll to see the opinions of taxpayers, not just the recipients, to get an idea of the issues and opinions of the citizens. The Canadian welfare state is not accurately fulfilling its initial purpose of implementation because it is not making all citizens happy with the benefits of where the money is going. The burden of supplying the great deal of money has been placed upon the taxpayers to support recipients of welfare although originally, it is supposed to be a government funded program (Eaton, E., & Paul, 2015). If the taxpayers had more say in the governmental system then it would be less controversial for