Welfare Pros And Cons

Welfare

Welfare, money given to families in need, is not free money. It benefits many people who have a low income or no means of income at all. The benefits available are based on the level of money earned for different sized families and in different states. Welfare is also not to be provided in a biased manner to anyone who applies for it. A lot of people in today's society depend on welfare. Welfare in the United States Governments serve the financially challenged through about 60 public assistance programs. Most look to receive assistance from one of the three major programs. These programs include the healthcare programs Medicaid and Medicare, Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC), or the food stamps program. These are all the
It provides cash benefits to dependent children and the parents or the guardians taking care of them. Most families that qualify for AFDC have just one parent in the home. About 80 percent of these single parent families are headed women (almanac). AFDC also pays benefits to two-parent families if both parents are unemployed. Most AFDC funding comes from the federal government. The states provide the rest of the money and administer the program. The sizes of a families' payment vary from state to state. The only objection to giving AFDC is how many families lied to qualify for the benefits. Some standards need to be set to go further then just a simple fill in the blank evaluation sheet. There are mothers and guardians who have had children who have received aid to support the child and not even used the aid for the intent it was given. The parents should be informed before they even have a child so they do not make these mistakes that the taxpayer has to pay
Each participating household receives a certain number of coupons called food stamps or an Electronic Benefits Transfer card which acts like a debit card and helps the Department of Agriculture keep track of what the money is being spent on. The Department of Agriculture distributes approximately 17.2 million households a month receive about 24.6 billion dollars per year on food stamps. The number of stamps a household receives varies with the family's size, income, and expenses. The actual amount is about thirty percent of what the family's income is. Cooperating grocery stores accept the stamps like money for food purchases only and if they are caught doing other wise they face hefty penalties such as jail time or being kicked out of the program. Another issue the Department of Agriculture faces that it is hard to tell if the people who own the food stamps are not selling them to other people. Households who are on food stamps are permitted from purchasing alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, items that can be eaten in the store at lunch counters, vitamins and medicines, pet foods, and any non-food items except seeds and what not. There are problems with the food stamps such as most recipients hardly seem to get enough to live on. On average a family will receive about seventy-three dollars a month. If a person does not have a job they are eligible