Welfare state

stigmatize, and criminalize the poor without cause” (2013, p.1541). Studies support the assertion that applicants for welfare are no more likely to have substance abuse issues than are the general public. Moreover, problems that have arisen with drug testing results due to faulty testing and results. According to Pollack, et al, “Suspicionless, population-based chemical testing of welfare recipients will detect some “true positives” who are drug-dependent, a greater number of “accidental…

prospects are not much better. MarketWatch Reporter Jeffry Bartash states that “3.8 million people have been out of work for as long as six months” and he dampers our hope for a speedy economic recovery by informing us that “ the economy has only grown by 2.25% since 2010-well below the historic 3.3% pace of U.S. growth since 1929.” The number of people receiving food stamps is a grand total of 46, 535,904 (USDA)…

Misusing Welfare Gary L. Francione stated that “Welfare reforms and the whole “happy” exploitation movement are not “baby steps.” They are big steps–in a seriously backward direction.”(Good Read Quotes).Two people could go in the welfare office and one could come out and have a check, foodstamps and more, while the other would be denied(Morrison). This is what happened to Tenisha and her family of five kids who are sitting at home thinking about what they’ll eat tomorrow and the rest of the…

Who Needs Welfare? There are many Americans who would not be capable of providing for their families without some form of government assistance. The government’s role, at times, is to support its people. Folks go through their daily lives hoping they will never personally need to ask for help. Times get hard. People get fired or laid off. In the blink of an eye, their life savings are depleted and they’re destitute. With today’s economy, that is not hard to imagine. Sometimes all one needs is a…

I chose social work as my major because I love the idea of helping someone and making a difference in their life. Even though, being a social worker can be a challenging job it is up to us to change the world and provide help to people. Social workers have the responsibility to help those incapable of helping themselves and bring knowledge to people that unsure or uninformed to certain situations. While, taking Introduction to Social Work I learned that social workers are needed everywhere,…

Welfare reform changes affected single mothers parenting. Having a child out of wedlock was looked down on. Two parent households promoted marriage as a standard to raise a family. If a welfare recipient had an additional child while on welfare her check would increase to reflect the additional family member however, the negative stereotypes of single mothers caused that benefit not to go into effect (Stern et al (2012). So if a single mother had more children she was viewed as irresponsible…

circle around the world everyday. One of those issues is drug testing in order to receive welfare. Many people think that it is an invasion of privacy and it should not be required for anyone to have to take a drug test in order to receive financial help which are a couple of reasons why it has sparked so much controversy. The idea that one has to be drug tested for welfare is a highly debated issue. Welfare is money offered by the government to families and individuals with low-income, in need…

up for the welfare system to start excepting free handouts and money from the government. Many have taken this route because the government is making people pay high taxes. The government makes people pay for healthcare that they do not even need or use. And they make people pay social security taxes and promise to repay them when they hit the age of retirement, but they hope that people die before they receive all of their money back. So, many are choosing to sign up for the welfare system…

White’s book, Moral Inquiry, it states that a teleological thinker ponders on the consequences of actions instead of the behavior (White 280). Hardin once again supports his idea of why the rich shouldn’t help the poor in such situation. He keeps his readers thinking about the consequences and tend to steer…

programs are based on a set of values that presume people suffer from a lack of medical care, food, housing, and income because they do not live as they should. Minimal benefits for the extremly needy are provided by public assistance programs. Welfare programs based on a social assistance model contain eligibility criteria, or in other words rules for recieving benifits. These rules are designed to encourage the able-bodied to work, families to take responsibility for the care of the youth,…