The main purpose of welfare service is to assist the U.S population who are not able to support themselves of their families due to unemployment, disability, elderly age, and/or being a single parent. Welfare, though it was meant for the greater good, is misused by many recipients and is too easily obtained for those who merely look for a way to live life the easy way, without a job. I believe that the government should enforce stricter requirements needed to apply for Welfare benefits in order to reduce abuse.
According to the 2012 Census Bureau, 21.3% of the United States population have some sort of monthly government assistance. That’s approximately 52.2 million people that rely on government aid. So does this mean that it is simple and …show more content…
A big problem with abusing the welfare system is drug use. Hard working citizen 's tax money should not be going toward drug addiction. People that are receiving welfare should have to go through a drug tested so the government can determine if the money is being used adequately. People oppose to this action to be against their rights, making this unconstitutional to drug test recipients, but there are some jobs that require the employee to undergo a drug test in order to qualify or keep the job. So doesn 't this be deemed unconstitutional as well? Therefore, the government can limit the recipients, and minimizing the spent the government makes. While focusing on those who actually need …show more content…
But now a days that’s the way it seems. People are taking advantage of the help that the government provides and making a bad reputation to those who actually do need them. Displaying a negative image to the many tax payers whose money they feel are being taken unfairly out of their own pockets. In order to reduce this problem, of the abuse of the welfare benefits program the government ought to reconsider and re-valuate carrying out drug test on the recipients to identify those who use welfare aid for drug usage and also, monitor the recipients ' time of dependency by observing the number of months or years an individual depends on the welfare programs. With these stricter requirements and better evaluation of welfare systems management, the absurd cycle of the abuse of the welfare system will gradually
According to the 2012 Census Bureau, 21.3% of the United States population have some sort of monthly government assistance. That’s approximately 52.2 million people that rely on government aid. So does this mean that it is simple and …show more content…
A big problem with abusing the welfare system is drug use. Hard working citizen 's tax money should not be going toward drug addiction. People that are receiving welfare should have to go through a drug tested so the government can determine if the money is being used adequately. People oppose to this action to be against their rights, making this unconstitutional to drug test recipients, but there are some jobs that require the employee to undergo a drug test in order to qualify or keep the job. So doesn 't this be deemed unconstitutional as well? Therefore, the government can limit the recipients, and minimizing the spent the government makes. While focusing on those who actually need …show more content…
But now a days that’s the way it seems. People are taking advantage of the help that the government provides and making a bad reputation to those who actually do need them. Displaying a negative image to the many tax payers whose money they feel are being taken unfairly out of their own pockets. In order to reduce this problem, of the abuse of the welfare benefits program the government ought to reconsider and re-valuate carrying out drug test on the recipients to identify those who use welfare aid for drug usage and also, monitor the recipients ' time of dependency by observing the number of months or years an individual depends on the welfare programs. With these stricter requirements and better evaluation of welfare systems management, the absurd cycle of the abuse of the welfare system will gradually