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    Matt Taibbi's The Divide

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    The Divide, a controversial issue has been welfare, and how Americans are treated on it because people think that they are abusing it when at the same time powerful CEOs and corporations will do much worse but are still treated completely normal. On the one hand, some argue that welfare is a big issue because people are abusing it to steal money, and that it is more important than stopping these CEO’s. On the other hand, however, others argue that welfare has an extremely small impact compared…

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    to our personal information, they should have a right when it comes to qualifying for taxpayer benefits. Welfare recipients should not be engaged in illegal activity, and requiring drug tests will help lower the likelihood of drug abuse in the unemployed. Drug testing is a way of motivating the people that need the money to not do drugs or encourage them to get help. “Over 70 percent of welfare population reported limitations in physical functioning; over 60 percent met the criteria for a…

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    The Welfare System Welfare is defined as the general well-being of an individual or group of individuals. The welfare system is a system that provides financial aid to people who cannot support themselves. The government deducts the money from the working class and gives it to those in need. It provides them with social security, food, rent, education and health care. This can be taken from tax or just deducted from your salary. There are different types of welfare systems: In the USA, the…

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    Welfare is a very controversy issue in the United States of America. Here are some facts about welfare. Welfare programs include supplemental nutrition program better known as SNAP. Another program that goes along with welfare is temporary assistance program for needy families Known as TANF. Section 8 and Medicaid is also a program that goes along with these programs. These programs are very helpful to most families who can’t afford much for their family. Supplemental nutrition assistance…

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    Welfare Reform Case Study

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    Welfare reform in Cabarrus county, North Carolina was a successful example of the national welfare reform implementation. In 1996 Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The low was meant to ‘end welfare as we know it’, promoting work instead of long term dependency from the government support. The reform provided more flexibility and decision making power to states, giving them right to develop local programs that would be aligned with the…

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    debated on was welfare. welfare is a financial support given to people who are in need only not to people who don't need it at all. We all know that welfare is strict and it does not have to be stricter for people that need it but, it should be stricter for people who don't need it.welfare is already a hard process to go throw so why making it harder and stricter.There could be many proves out their to prove if a person needs it or if they don't. A Lot of people are in need of welfare they need…

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    Careers which may satisfy these additional needs: Considering that most single mothers do not have a degree in any field, or did not attend any higher education, their choices are fairly limited. Despite this, most single mothers in the United States have the ability to read and write. Therefore, clerical jobs such as accounting clerks, receptionists, and medical record clerks are all jobs that require a minimal amount of skill. Though entry-level clerical jobs do not pay very much, gaining…

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    The “Paradoxical Era”, named by policy scholar, Bruce Jansson, refers to an era in which many reforms in social welfare were enacted under President Nixon. Nixon was not known as an advocate of social reform and looked at social welfare in retrospect from a social reform standpoint. Jansson notes that the Paradoxical Era was a period of: “conflicting tendencies…a transitional era between the reformist period of the Great Society and the conservative presidency of Ronald Reagan” (Jansson). Nixon…

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    comprehend better how the system works and how to refuse in a future for the unfair regulation the system implements that affect people belong to the poverty line. I did not know anything about the ideology of the beaurgeousy to increase their wealth until I read The article by SDeGrew (2013). as a future advocator I should know that the welfare regulations are founded through feudalistic ideologies and philosophies that are just beneficial for the wealthy as the article mentioned above…

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    9-22-14 The Facade of Welfare The common misconception that welfare users are abusing their income has been the biggest lie that has overcome the United States. Over half the tax payers would like to say that many welfare users are taking advantage of the system by having kids to gain benefits, or not looking for jobs so they can keep their unemployment income. But what the taxpayers fail to understand is that the government they love, is the sole reason that many welfare recipients are on this…

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