Welfare Argumentative Essay

Imagine this, you’ve just turned seventeen and your parents kicked you out because they found out you're pregnant, you have no money, nowhere to stay, and you don’t know what to do. Obviously, you’re going to have to figure out some way to get on your feet so you go to the welfare office and see what you're eligible for. They say they’ll give you a comfortable amount of money so you agree and go home where you have and begin to raise your baby. Eighteen months later one of your friends on welfare tells you they give you more money if you have more kids, “Why do you think I have four?” she asks you. Fast forward ten years, now imagine you’re in the grocery store standing behind a woman with four kids who are dressed to the nines, the family is buying all fresh and organic groceries, …show more content…
Another common misconception among the supporters of the welfare programs is: the money given to the people on welfare is given to people in a bad spot that have “paid for the services via a lifetime of work”(Moses). Unmistakably, there are people who have worked their whole lives paying taxes who find themselves in a spot of trouble and therefore the fact is true. These people are not the problem with the welfare system, the problem is the people who have grown up on welfare and now are raising their own children on welfare because that is all they know. The majority of the people who abuse the welfare systems are on supplemental security income, in which there are $4.6 billion which go to fraudulent people (Dehaven and Edwards). That fact is only the money to that particular branch within the welfare system, there are billions of dollars spent on fraudulent people on the other welfare programs. There is too much taxpayer money put into the welfare system for people who are not making an effort to make their way back into