Welfare

that 35.4% of the population are receiving welfare. Welfare is financial support given to people whether it be money to cover medical expenses or to buy food. Welfare helps with everyday necessities, there is more than just one type of welfare, they have multiple branches set up to help as many people as possible.The main argument is if the people receiving the government’s financial support should have to succumb to mandatory drug testing. People on welfare shouldn’t have to submit to drug…

In 2016, Charles Murray published an essay in the Wall Street Journal, in which he argues for the implement of a UBI, or universal basic income. Murray explains that implementing a UBI will only work efficiently if all welfare programs are taken away. He argues that doing this, every citizen will be forced to take care of themselves. Murray continues on to examine the effects on the workforce by explaining that “[i]t also could provide an invaluable benefit: injecting new resources and new…

Ever think about how those who are on welfare are cheating the system? There are many cases that talk about those in desperate need of financial assistance due to dreadful circumstances. For instance, a single mother raising a child/children without any benefits from the father. Or a single father raising a child/children without any support from the mother. On the other hand, there are multiple cases as to where those on welfare are simply cheating their way through the system. Furthermore, an…

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…

If a survey were conducted to determine Americans’ biggest worries, most respondents would certainly say it is finances, because America has classes, and the most pronounced ones are based on economic status. The country is resident to a few super rich individuals who can afford almost anything with a financial value. At the same time, there are many who run their lives on perpetual fear of drowning in the whirlpool of poverty. Writer such as Barbare Ehrenreich, in her essay "Serving in Florida"…

People aren’t hungry because of food shortage but because of poverty. People always worry because of when someone gets something free. This is why people are so wrong in their way of thinking. They believe that people who are in welfare want to be in that situation but our society is so messed up when it comes to those things, just because a person is getting help from the government then it must be awesome to receive help. This is when people start to find aid in the government when actually…

The presence of child poverty in New Zealand has been a long standing issue since before the 1990’s and continues to be prevalent in today’s New Zealand. Although child poverty can be linked to multiple causes, there is one major cause that is not widely discussed enough within the political world of New Zealand. This is the issue of structural inequality, structural inequality can be loosely described as “denot[ing] methodical and often subtle processes through which social structures…

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was signed into law in 1996 by the Clinton Administration. This monumental legislation was designed to decrease the roles of welfare while promoting self-sufficiency among those in need of assistance (Blank, 1105-1106). The role of welfare dropped in the United States during the first years of the legislation’s implementation resulting in policy makers quickly labeling the new legislation successful-this notion has been…

Poverty is hard work, single mothers The quote “poverty is hard work” comes from an article written by Mark Peel. In his article he discusses the struggles that are involved when living in poverty, such as the judgement, going without and the lack of help towards Australians in poverty. Mark Peel goes into great detail in expressing his argument (Peel, 2012). However, as the topic of poverty is such a large concept, this essay has been limited to single mothers in poverty. Furthermore, to…

Reflection on: “‘They Never Did Me Any Good’: Welfare-To-Work Programs From the Vantage Point of Poor Women”. The article first provided an overview of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconsolidation Act (PRWORA), and described it as a governmental attempt to reduce the dependency on welfare. In class we have discussed the Welfare-to-Workfare programs, which creates precarious jobs—underpaid, temporary, with little to no benefits. While the program aims to help individuals…