Welfare state

Welfare Recipients Drug Testing Should it be mandatory for welfare recipients to be drug tested? This is one of the questions that is being asked all over the country. Many are concerned about whether or not it will cost more or save the government money by taking the drug addicts off welfare programs and giving them to people who really need the benefits. While many believe it is okay to drug test welfare recipients, others feel that drug testing is wrong because they consider it…

The portrayal of welfare recipients in British media is by no means a uniform picture, and this is also true for the recipients of welfare. However, the mass reporting and slandering of a certain type of welfare recipient by the tabloid and right-leaning organisations do not portray the extent of the social problems faced by this subset. The constant bombardment the people of Britain endure from these media organisation, depicting welfare recipients as scheming, scrounging rats (among other…

Esping-Andersen (1990), they describe three types of welfare states; liberal, conservative, and social democratic. Each model places higher value on what is important for their society. For example, in the liberal welfare state, the market is a keystone to their welfare system, whereas in the conservative welfare state family and contribution to society are placed higher in value. Germany is often considered to be a conservative welfare state, with large emphasis given to civil society and the…

There is no shortage of innovative child welfare programs and practices, yet in the past, innovations have been implemented as additions to the existing system rather than attempts to change child welfare at the systems level. As one child welfare expert notes, innovative and promising practices and programs are often “subverted and swallowed up by a pathological system” (Schorr 127). To move child welfare from a crisis-driven system to true reform and renewal, systemic change is essential.…

Welfare enables citizens to climb out of financial setbacks and become more productive and independent. Depending on the need, food, cash aid, and health care are some of the available services provided. Most recipients use these aids for their intended purpose but some find alternative ways to use this money. This being said, it is absolutely essential for those that qualify for welfare, be subject to background checks and drug tests to ensure the need of said aid is necessary, and the is used…

are trying to go on welfare be drug tested? Is it fair that the people who help pay for welfare are drug tested while the people who are on welfare do drugs? There are so many unanswered questions that should be answered. There are many reasons why some people believe that people who try to go on welfare should be drug tested. But there are also many reasons why the people should not be drug tested. There are many understandable reasons why a person would try to go on welfare, such as having…

fight to overcome the stigma that comes from receiving welfare, participating in work programs, or from early motherhood. As Dodson (1998) mentions, that each story told by a woman demonstrates their personal trauma or their fierce individuality, and their overall ways of adjusting to the policies and economy in order to survive and raise families (p. x). Furthermore, Dodson (1998) states, that “over a period of changing economic conditions, welfare mothers were increasingly labeled as…

Leslie Reynolds’ “Misuse of Welfare in American Low Class Citizens,” she employs various logical methods to support her argument that welfare in the United States is being misused by our citizens. Reynolds relies on definition, past occurrences, personal and public experience, and also tries to find different solutions for this heavily impacted issue. Reynolds believes something should be done to prevent the many low class recipients from abusing and misusing the welfare system. For example, the…

should focus on ending the poverty rather than ending the welfare. We know the current welfare policies are set to discourage welfare recipients. “The role of the government under the welfare program is to teach poor parents and children that they must make it on their own without the safety net of public assistance”, for example, the TANF program has time limits and mandatory work requirements. (Culilty 1) the common misconception about the welfare recipients is that they do not want to work or…

treated fairly and with respect. Social welfare is an important part of Canada’s history because it shows how people worked together to make better living conditions for everyone. Since Canada is formed by relationships between people and has been that…