The Pros And Cons Of The Welfare System

109 million Americans are in the welfare system as of 2012. When President Lyndon B Johnson launch of the “war on poverty” he aimed to create self-sufficiency. The cost of living rises as, the price to eat healthy food goes up. Welfare Recipients are constantly treated poorly by people who don't need help; due to stereotypes and their social class, or race. Many politicians are passing unneeded bills out of spite. Ignorance is what keeps people in the dark about welfare and their recipients. This is a strong nation why can't we do something about this together. Welfare Recipients are treated poorly. Because they need government help. They are treated like second class citizens. Welfare recipients are soon going to have to take drug tests.

Welfare recipients are only meant to use this program until they can get on their feet. How are they to do this when companies look at the fact that they are on government assistance. But it doesn't help that 70% of people in this system have a very low standardized test score. This shouldn't be a problem many jobs don’t need you to be really smart like sales clerks or cashiers. why are people on welfare denied of work when they so direly need it. The fact is that many employers see welfare recipients as lazy incompetent people. But there seems to be no change in the type of people that receive help. Things like making sure your children get a good education. So they don't end up in the same situation as their parents, but there seems to be a shortage of people willing to do that. The Kansas Senate is moving forward with a bill that limits people to 36 months of Welfare benefits, and in extraordinary circumstances adding an extra 12 months. In one way, I think that this is a good idea, due to the fact that welfare is not meant to be a permanent fix to poverty. Welfare is meant to help for those who are

Missouri's bill to ban welfare recipients from buying foods like energy drinks, sodas, cookies and chips, steak, and seafood. There is no need to do that when people on welfare only get paid small amounts of money for food. Junk food is cheaper than healthy food. If Welfare recipients were banned from buying those types of foods, they would go through days without food. On one hand that is a really cruel thing to do but it could also help with obesity rates. If food companies were to drop the price of wholesome foods, people on welfare wouldn't need to buy such unhealthy foods to survive. In one aspect of this bill, it might be a good idea only in the sense that it will show people how to eat healthier. This might also help future generations in the fight against