Someone living in poverty simply means that someone is poor, and it plays a bigger part of our society than we pay attention to it. What is the fine line of being poor and not poor? We have been discussing this for decades. Often times we choose not to discuss this topic because it is sensitive to some individuals, and now days people are easily offended. People need to swallow their huge ego and admitted the situation they are in, and to accept help that they deserve. However, that is not always the case, there are people not able to receive any help even if they work hard, or not enough help. On the contrary, there are people cheating the system to receive more than they need. How can there be such imbalance in this great nation? Looking
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Welfare programs are to help individual to get back on their feet, which means the government will provide help as long as you are trying. The individuals receiving help must be actively looking for a job, and they can only receive benefits up to two years according to The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia. How can the government detect these individuals who are cheating hard working American’s tax money? Most of the time they can’t, and one the thing we Americans take pride on is our constitution, rules. Even if someone is cheating the system, as long as they are not breaking the rules, they can still collect the benefits. There will not be a judge for every applicant, to determine if they get the benefits. And that is a problem, because all that money will be wasted. For those who are incompetent, only interest is to collect the benefits will only waste American’s tax money. Even for two years, a lot of money can be wasted. There are rumors of families who are collecting food stamp (which is no longer called the food stamp, instead it’s call the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) getting steaks and all the good foods, which not even a middle class family can afford from time to …show more content…
Poverty have continued to be an major issue in the U.S., in fact the problem have gotten worse over the years. The U.S. have spent more money than ever on welfare programs, and most the applicants are not getting justified amount of support. Much of poverty issue is strongly relate to immigration, and our government is focusing the wrong policies. Our government want to deport undocumented immigrants but they can’t, and refuse to accept them. Our government is also corrupt, all of their actions are for their own interest; mortgage crisis in 2008 was a great example. Laws and policies has to be reformed, from welfare programs to government agencies. The American people understand the issues of poverty, but unless they do their own research, and not to observe all the information from the media. This generation is not being taught with issues of their own country or government, the same issues will keep appearing. In this paper, I explained why the banks and authorities are the sources of any poverty, and greatly affects poverty. This world is filled with greedy individuals only cares for themselves, it is so corrupt people are dying, and the rest of us are either not informed or just standby. So, what will it take for all of us to change our heart and open our eyes? Because anyone can be poor, even
Welfare programs are to help individual to get back on their feet, which means the government will provide help as long as you are trying. The individuals receiving help must be actively looking for a job, and they can only receive benefits up to two years according to The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia. How can the government detect these individuals who are cheating hard working American’s tax money? Most of the time they can’t, and one the thing we Americans take pride on is our constitution, rules. Even if someone is cheating the system, as long as they are not breaking the rules, they can still collect the benefits. There will not be a judge for every applicant, to determine if they get the benefits. And that is a problem, because all that money will be wasted. For those who are incompetent, only interest is to collect the benefits will only waste American’s tax money. Even for two years, a lot of money can be wasted. There are rumors of families who are collecting food stamp (which is no longer called the food stamp, instead it’s call the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) getting steaks and all the good foods, which not even a middle class family can afford from time to …show more content…
Poverty have continued to be an major issue in the U.S., in fact the problem have gotten worse over the years. The U.S. have spent more money than ever on welfare programs, and most the applicants are not getting justified amount of support. Much of poverty issue is strongly relate to immigration, and our government is focusing the wrong policies. Our government want to deport undocumented immigrants but they can’t, and refuse to accept them. Our government is also corrupt, all of their actions are for their own interest; mortgage crisis in 2008 was a great example. Laws and policies has to be reformed, from welfare programs to government agencies. The American people understand the issues of poverty, but unless they do their own research, and not to observe all the information from the media. This generation is not being taught with issues of their own country or government, the same issues will keep appearing. In this paper, I explained why the banks and authorities are the sources of any poverty, and greatly affects poverty. This world is filled with greedy individuals only cares for themselves, it is so corrupt people are dying, and the rest of us are either not informed or just standby. So, what will it take for all of us to change our heart and open our eyes? Because anyone can be poor, even