Welfare Over The Ages
... One very controversial program provided by the United States Government is welfare. The welfare system can be useful in society but there are also consequences to the system that must be addressed. Welfare refers to a host of policies and programs designed to improve the well- being of the United States population. ... Dating back to the mid 1930’s, President Roosevelt established a program to help the welfare of the poor call the Works Progress Administration or WPA. ... The main goal that both Conservatives and Liberals share about welfare is the desire to move welfare recipients off the welfare roll and into jobs. ... Conservatives believe that many welfare recipients spend long periods of time collecting government aid because the sizable help that they are receiving is more attractive than going to work. The fact that welfare provides the basic necessities without requiring work, recipients have no initiative to become self-supporting and find a job(Rector, Internet). Conservatives acknowledge the only way to encourage the dependent poor to get jobs, is to end the welfare system(Cozic,13). By ending the welfare system, the working-aged person would have nothing else to turn to but the job market, family members, friends, and public or private locally funded services(Cozic,36). ... On the other hand, Liberals are welfare advocates. ... Children on welfare compared to those whose families are poor but not on welfare, do less well in school and earn less(Rector, Internet). Perhaps one of the biggest concerns dealing with the welfare system is the factor of dependency. ... While on welfare, your rent is paid, there are health benefits for your children and you even get money to spend on necessities. ... Unfortunately, it sounded good for many of the welfare recipients. ... Welfare aid is tax free unlike having a job where a substantial amount is taken out for taxes. ... Welfare has created a world in which adults have abandoned their hopes for today and have found the easy way out. After many debates and after vetoing two previous versions of welfare reform, President Clinton finally signed the congressional reform bill into law. ... Second, the reform slows the growth of welfare spending.