Welfare And Poverty: A Case Study

Welfare needs to stop acting on good intentions and start acting on discernment by creating a motivation to work and get out of poverty. There are two major ways to promote this strategy: to make it so that welfare is only given out with the condition that those who receive it must be in active pursuit of a job and to make it so that welfare is only given to those who become enrolled in getting some kind of education or training. For example, according to Erin Thomas, who is a social work student and had an internship at the Salvation Army Community Family Shelter, the residents could only stay in the shelter if they were actively seeking a job and applied to at least fifteen a week. Making people to first obtain a job not only makes welfare …show more content…
The most significant change was a cap on the medical expenses, especially in reference to the growth of Medicaid (Alexander). This plays a significant role in the welfare issue because the foremost way that welfare got out of hand was through the continuous spending toward the issue of poverty. In the mid to late 1900s, “State and local spending for both Medicaid and AFDC increased dramatically” (National), and welfare started to become out of control. Poverty and broken homes are a problem in society, and while money can be a short term fix, it does not solve the issue entirely. Once again “Money won 't create success, the freedom to make it will” (Nelson Mandela). People need to be successful at something so as to be able to make a living and have some kind of financial support that is self-reliant so that they can then build on their own accomplishments. While success can be built on financial support to a degree, it is also created on personal sacrifice and hard work. However, money can be manufactured while personal sacrifice and hard work cannot. Therefore, money can be given more easily and more efficiently. Also, money helps people in the present whereas personal sacrifice and hard work produce benefits in the future. Because of this convenience and quick assistance, money has been worked into early welfare programs as well as welfare programs of today more than personal sacrifice …show more content…
While it can add to the national debt and diminish incentive for people to try and improve their lives through the work place when it remains stagnant, it can also help many people out of poverty when it becomes rewarding of work, flexible, and capped. It must motivate people to join the work force at any level. It should be made so that the states are able to form it to fit the needs within their communities. And it should not be seen as a solution that works as a long term solution. Work is truly the solution; it is welfare’s job to promote it for those who are struggling on an economical