Who exactly pays for welfare? The money that gets taken out of our paychecks, where does that money go? All the taxes that are collected by the government comes from the hard-working taxpayers. Every paycheck we receive we pay in. The money that is taken out is the money that the Federal government takes out of our paychecks. Welfare is a government based program. Since it’s run by the government program, it provides financial aid to groups or individuals who cannot support themselves. This program is available for everyone in the United States depending on if you qualify for it. This prevents individuals who don’t need the support from abusing the program. The welfare system is designed to help those who are struggling and to help them get …show more content…
The second, social security, which is government money given to those individuals who need income to help pay for things such as rent. The third is unemployment benefits, which consists of revenue paid to the individuals who are unable to hold a job for certain reasons or those who cannot find work. And the last is earned income tax credits, which is income that is given to individuals or families who have lower income than the average American, particularly those with children. Many individuals often have large families in order to get more financial aid from the …show more content…
The greater amount of our society is working hard and paying a portion of their income to help and support these individuals who need their welfare checks in order to get back on their feet. The tax payers just want to see their money being used to help the people who are struggling. The issue is that it is hard to see our hard-earned money going towards the individuals, who are in fact, abusing their power.
In order to solve this issue, the welfare regulations need to be tighter. Unfortunately, many individuals we see are abusing their welfare income on illegal drug usage. Due to the fact that their cash cannot be traced, we are not able to revoke these welfare checks from these individuals. Therefore, a good solution to our issue would be drug screening people before welfare checks are given out.
According to a report conducted by the Cato Institute, the government spends nearly six hundred and sixty-eight billion dollars each year on one hundred and twenty-six different welfare programs made available. With adding the spending from our local state government programs the number rises to about one trillion dollars each year (Konczal,