Welfare is a very hard subject to debate. There are advantages and disadvantages to the current welfare system. Without transfer payments‚ people who have inadequate income would be at risk for having no food‚ no shelter‚ and no healthcare‚ which is both sad and immoral. Sometimes people come across hardships that put them in financially devastating positions. In these cases‚ welfare is needed in order for these people to keep their head above water and maintain their lifestyle. I do not believe
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Ruining the welfare system for many people has gotten many others to get the wrong impression. No matter how hard it gets‚ often‚ having a backup plan is a good idea. Although‚ everyone does go through hard times it should not be a long-term plan. Stated by Jencks and Edin (1995) “Signals that people should not have children until they are ready to support them” (P.2). Everyone will struggle at one point with having all their bills and kids to pay for but‚ if the bills are not getting paid for then
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Drug Use in Our Welfare System A common problem in today’s welfare system is the use of drugs. Substance abuse and addiction often interfere with a parent’s ability to get and keep jobs as well as contributes to child abuse and neglect. Addicted mothers show several deficits in their parenting behaviors. They are usually unengaged‚ uncommunicative with their infants‚ often use threatening and authoritarian disciplinary approaches. They also have a higher incidence of child abuse and neglect (Flanzer)
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Welfare: Individual’s Responsibility or Government? Welfare is known as financial aid to a person or family. It helps with financial and medical aid‚ and healthy and secure living. Some people believe that many people and families are abusing welfare and that’s the reason for the ongoing debate on whether welfare should be the government’s responsibility or the individual’s. Apparently “From across the political and ideological spectrum‚ there is now almost universal acknowledgement that the
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Welfare Welfare is a charity to the people‚ organized by the government. There are many issues that are associated with the welfare program. Is society ultimately responsible for the well-being of the poor? If so‚ how do we help those people that are less fortunate? At what cost are we required help them? Are they to be held in any way responsible for themselves? How do we control and reform the way people spend their welfare support? Differentiating between who receives welfare and who
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The child welfare system has evolved over the years‚ but still has issues that need to be worked out. After watching the film Failure to Protect? A National Dialogue and the hearing the scenario that they played out‚ there are still questions left to be asked about some of the decisions that were made when it came to the welfare of the children. Trevor the caseworker gets to home and is able to get inside to take a look at what the living conditions are like‚ they are not the best and there are
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Katie Whitmer English 111-N1 Ms. Mary Lanier 21 April 2011 Child Abuse and the Justice System Child abuse is a growing problem in the United States. Three million cases of child abuse were reported in 2009. One of those cases was my niece Leah. Leah endured mental and physical abuse for the first three years of her life. Leah now lives in a safe place with my parents. Although‚ Leah sees a child therapist once a week because of the damage her mother did to her‚ she is thriving in her new home
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Ethical Issues that Surround the Welfare System Daniel Pexton SOC 120 Instructor: Sherri Boyd May 11‚ 2012 Ethical Issues that Surround the Welfare System In the last 15 years the welfare system has gone from a government run system‚ to a state run function. This actually promotes a better welfare system that is in favor of all who are involved‚ including the tax payers whom ultimately fund it. Creating a program that helps prevent drug use while on welfare‚ and promoting families to find
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The social welfare system in Canada has come to experience many fluctuations in the last sixty years. The development of the social welfare system has come across various factors throughout the years which have influenced the overall economic‚ social and political scopes in Canada today. The major events that stirred the nation was the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Second World War‚ which brought about a threatened sense of security among the people. The time frame between 1949 and 1973
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Welfare is widely used throughout America and many other countries. As people lose their jobs in a weak economy‚ the use of welfare has increased. Welfare helps those in need of economic help by trying to make things easier for them. Welfare brings out help by providing food stamps‚ mass health education‚ and food shelters for those who are already living at their lowest points. Welfare should be given to those who really need it. It should not be distributed to all. Some people apply for welfare
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