There is 322,099,789 people currently living in the united states and number raises every eight seconds. If you divide the population number by two you get: 161,049,894. According to the Census Bureau; 82,679,000 of the welfare-takers lived in homes where people were depending on more than two social services More than half of the united states is depending on one or more social services.. The united states federal government should not substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the united states. Value: Dignity and Privacy My criteria is deontology which is a moral philosophy that says actions are moral or immoral based upon their intention rather than their consequences. The government's process of doing the social services is definitely affecting the results. For example, there are many people who are taking the government's money without actually being disabled. My terms and definitions are Dignity, Social Services, Poverty and Privacy. Dignity is the state or quality of being …show more content…
51,471,000 were in households on food stamps. 22,526,000 were in the Women, Infants and Children program. 20,355,000 were in household on Supplemental Security Income. 13,267,000 lived in public housing or got housing subsidies. 5,442,000 got Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. 4,517,000 received other forms of federal cash assistance.” But what about the people who really need it? Like the homeless, or the starving children, men, and women who don’t have jobs because they can't get to the places they need to be to put food on the table, or even a roof over their heads. They can’t because in order to get a job you need to have education, but many don't because it cost money. Education is not a social service but the government can’t hand out money to them, just the people signed up for medicare, security income,