Pros And Cons Of The Welfare Reform

Was the Welfare Reform the Right Approach to Poverty?
There are some Americans who can view the welfare reform as a double and a sword. The abolishment of welfare has good aspects as oil is bad points. This seems to be a common situation to whereas the good have to suffer with the bad. Even back in the 1800s, Congress utilize various programs to try to help the poor. The Great Depression affected a grave number of American citizens. The assistance that the government gave after this tragic event is connoted as the start of welfare. One pentacle time in history is when Pres. Roosevelt enacted the Social Security Act. Years later in 1996, Pres. Bill Clinton would end welfare by signing the. Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.

Sawhill, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and Ron Haskins, A former White House and congressional advisor, explains to their readers how welfare reform has helped Americans and cause a shift in the way government assist their citizens. They refer to the new shift as a work based system of support. The new work based system comprised of primarily three goals. To lure citizens into finding employment, Earned. Income Tax Credit was created which contributes to a large quantity of workers who are less skilled. Secondly, in the postindustrial economy many of the jobs required intensive levels of education and fewer jobs were available to the less skilled and limited education. This goal involved improving the nation’s education system so the younger generation can be equipped with job skills needed for this new economy (Sawhill & Haskins, 2002). The last goal of the work based support system was to be of assistance to citizens who lose their job or can’t find work. The new work based support system provides many other programs that help to buffer the abolition of welfare. Some of the program included in the system are Unemployment Insurance, Minimum Wage, Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit, State Income Supplements, Medicaid, State Child Health Insurance Programs, Child Care, Child Support and Education and

The colonists interview Ezra Klein, a reporter for Washington Post, McArdle portrayed Klein’s views by informing her audience that Americans are suffering. She informed her readers how Klein stated statistical information on how the number of TANF caseloads were barely increasing in 2009. Ezra used a graph from the center of budget and policy priorities to prove this point that welfare reform was not working in any real sense. He continued on to explain how the reform did cause mothers to seek and acquire employment but not all of them found comfortable middle-class positions that would be sufficient enough for their families. Making included in this article how Ezra mentioned the dismissal of welfare because it was considered a failure by the government. He said welfare was reform because the poverty race to reach zero. In Newsweek, welfare reform did not work for poor families. Kathy Edin and Luke Schaefer, columnist for Newsweek, points out aspects as to why welfare reform has hurt citizens in extreme poverty. The information composing this article is a response to Ron Haskins article in regards to welfare reform. Both colonists notated that no data source is perfect for measuring. They responded to Haskins claim regarding consumption over income. The article validated that to live in an advanced nation without cash is like being trapped in