The Pros And Cons Of Welfare

Have you ever realized the severity of Government aid misuse? If so, did you know that Welfare misuse is more common than any average person may think? According to Welfare info, 434,977 people are currently being aided by finical help with the United States. Which is only this year. It will only increase as the years go by. That is not only a large sum of money that is being deducted by the government from the hard working people, but at least half of it is being misused. The start of what we today know as Welfare was long brought before current programs we know were brought into existence. When looking up the definition of Welfare it is defined as financial support given to people in need. (Dictionary). Although, its’ definition is what it

In New Jersey, a two- year-old “child exclusion” rule, or family cap, denies additional cash aid to parents who have children while receiving benefits. Vermont has cut off benefits after 30 months and place's recipients in public service or community jobs. Utah provides a one-time cash payment -- in lieu of monthly checks along with access to childcare, health care and other services. Oregon plans to replace welfare checks and food stamps with commensurate salaries in private sector jobs. They would be required to develop policies that moved far larger numbers of people from welfare to work than past efforts. Welfare recipients' participation in work must be tracked. Some states would experiment with a CWEP-type work-for-welfare plan while others would be expected to implement time-limited welfare followed by a public/private jobs programs. All states must improve their child-support enforcement systems. Each program had to have a comprehensive evaluation plan. Federal matching funds for these programs would be increased to 90% or more of state contributions (Kellam). These experiments that people like Susan Kellam are performing are currently resulting in a severe impact on the use and abuse of welfare. Posting specific guidelines make recipients more aware of what they have and the lines they must not cross. If there were stipulations like these in every state, welfare abuse would be cut back almost entirely. Those who do not need welfare would not receive it, those who misuse welfare would no longer have as much freedom as they’ve previously felt, which would leave those who need welfare because of an injury or a devastating happening prior to their application for