The United States Government has allowed the welfare system to become abused over the years. It is intended for families in need of housing, food, child care, education, and healthcare. How do we define needy families? Are they able-bodied or truly in need of the assistance from the government? Today the problem still lies with the taxpayers having to foot the bill for people that are able to work, but are spoiled by the government and refuse to seek employment. Why would you work when all your basic needs are given to you? Most say why work if they cannot get jobs that pay any better than welfare (Jencks, Edin, 1990). This is a problem that should have been handled many years ago.
Now the most important question is “who is able-bodied” and how are they distinguished from the ones who are in need of permanent assistance. You should make rules about behavior that will force the poor to reveal themselves as worthy or not if you can’t figure out who deserves the benefits
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But there is no excuse for a young, able-bodied adult to not have employment. Even though there is no true demographic label of able-bodied, we do know they are not: disabled, elderly, children, pregnant, or blind (Badger, 2018). Therefore, they should have a paycheck instead of a welfare check. Whether they are on food stamps, collecting welfare, or living in subsidized housing the welfare and poverty level is 21.2% too high in the world today. Mostly from the ones who are able to get out and get a job. I still don’t think it’s right for majority of our population to be employed and pulling the weight for the welfare population when most of them are more able than myself to work. But it goes back to the more free you give the more you want. Now all we need is a government to come in and finally fix what’s been broken for years, our welfare and poverty