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The Pros And Cons Of Welfare

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Strengthen Welfare Policy Welfare in the United States represents an array of topics, including Social Security, food stamps, monetary checks, and other government-regulated programs giving free, taxpayer-funded money to the needy individuals of our nation (those living at or below the poverty line). The current policies regarding the welfare system in America are completely flawed; these systems promote individuals to not work or contribute to society by providing these individuals with monetary incentives, such as food stamps, free housing, and/or tax subsidies for children. These incentives allow individuals who do not work, and those who are physically and mentally able to work, to receive these subsidies without having to have a full-time …show more content…

The Second Amendment states that the right of citizens to own weapons shall not be taken away from the people. This is a right of the people, therefore the government has no authority in taking away this right without violating the Constitution. However, recently there have been movements towards riding this Amendment and no longer allowing guns and weapons to be owned by citizens of the United States. Limiting or even eliminating entirely the ability to own a weapon will cause a plethora of negative effects that offset the benefits of doing away with weapons, therefore there is no reason to abolish the right to own a gun. Scientific studies show that weapons are not biological beings, and that they can not commit crimes without the interaction with a human. In addition, outlawing weapons will cause crime rates to increase tenfold, as weapons will be discreetly owned at higher rates. In contrast, weapons such as guns are statistically shown to cause more crimes, including murders, when gun bans are enacted, and the opposite is true when no gun bans are executed; therefore, we must not as a, political leader and candidate, enforce gun-bans, rather we must uphold the written laws of the U.S.

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The Welfare Reform is a program that was set up to aid and provide public assistance (Opposing Viewpoints). This type of assistance aids families who are in need of funds due to no income or very little income. Over the next years, the Welfare Reform Act has been slightly changed. Some changes have been an improvement to the program, while other changes did not make an impact on the individuals who receive this form of assistance. Critics of the welfare program have insisted the programs hinders people who receive this form of support.

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The idea of welfare reformation has been tossed around for years now. The ideas of fairness, equality, and taxes have been politically argued in terms of welfare abuse. An immense amount of people tend to favor the reform because they feel the program is weak in major, prominent areas that ultimately join together to create success within the nation. The program itself, especially its organization and requirements, must be altered to better suit the non wealthy population. With such a weak formation of a nationwide service, it is no surprise there are issues in areas like abuse to the system and fraud, the formation of poverty, creating dependency, increasing drug abuse, and over taxation.

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The U.S. American welfare system has helped millions of Americans who need the extra support especially, single mothers who have many jobs and many kids. However, the welfare system is also very corrupt. I see it all the time, I live in an area where violence and gangs happen and I can see the people who actually need extra help and, I also see those who chose to live off others and the government. I do feel ass the United states needs to regulate their welfare programs and make sure it is being used for needs and not wants. I know that the welfare program has been a hot topic for million of middle class Americans because of the amount of taxes that are being taken out from our paychecks.

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Without welfare and food stamps, there is no other way to crawl out of poverty other than the way of the industrious hard-worker. This will create better citizens out of formerly corrupt individuals. There are plenty of opportunities for the unemployed out there; this idea is just what they need to kick start their drive to succeed. Fourthly, a side effect of disposing of the SNAP and welfare program will be an increase in the middle class and a decrease in the lower/poor class. The lower class will either be forced to become part of the middle class, or they will die.

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Welfare is a government program that provides financial assistance to people wo cannot afford to care for themselves or their families. Welfare is separated into 13 different categories/programs, these include negative income tax, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Pell grants, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Child nutrition, Head start, Job training programs, Women Infants, and Children (WIC), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and Lifeline also known as Obama phone. Each of the listed welfare programs are tailored to different needs, and are funded by taxpayers. While welfare is meant to be nothing but beneficial, there are a few things that prevent the

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Welfare is a government program which provides financial aid to people who cannot support themselves. The welfare programs are funded by taxpayers; the goal of welfare is to promote the pursuance of work, education, or a better standard of living. The welfare system is now run solely by the state, and each state also has its own requirements which can cause some overlap and confusion. The federal government provides assistance through TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). This grant requires that all recipients of welfare aid must find work within two years of receiving aid (US welfare system).

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The welfare system has existed in the United States as a result of economic hardships that have befallen American citizens as a result of wars, economic depressions, physicalities imposing one on working: whether that'd be old age or being under the age of eighteen, or simply not being able to make ends meet. Many working-class Americans believe that people who receive these benefits are inherently becoming accustomed to being taken care of by the government and in turn surviving on the backs of working-class citizens, but this is untrue. There are various forms of welfare specifically designated in states. In Texas, there is a different number of agencies and programs designed to help people: Texcare Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP),

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