Welfare System Analysis

America is in almost 20 trillion dollars in debt to other countries (usdebtclock.org). The US government spends about 70% of the federal budget on one thing, welfare ("Policy Basics: Where do Our Tax Dollars Go?"). The current welfare system is a complete disaster. Either the federal government needs to completely reform the welfare system, or the power to fund NC use welfare must be given to the states. In 2015, the US federal government spent 2.79 trillion dollars on welfare alone (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities). These systems are not satisfactory to its users and those who pay for it. People are taken advantage of, money is wasted, and our country is hurt by the current welfare system. This paper will illuminate the problems with welfare and prepose two ways to fix it. The first thing one must understand is that the
The federal Government should create new jobs instead of giving out welfare benefits. Not only would people get jobs and income, but the federal government would receive a lot back too. The average federal worker earns $119,934 a year ("Federal Employees Earn 50% More Than The Private Workforce"). In 2015, Social Security alone, only a sector of welfare, costed the government $888 billion ("Policy Basics: Where do Our Tax Dollars Go?"). With the average wage, 7,404,072 jobs could have been created. A single person, making the average federal income, would pay $22,586 in federal taxes a year (Tax Calculator). That adds to $167,228,370,192 in additional taxes received. With that in mind, the private sector (all non-government organizations) would benefit. If more people were paying taxes, tax rates could go down for everyone. Also, money would circulate within the economy through private services and income. All taxpayers would benefit, our federal government would intake more money, and our national debt will start to shrink if welfare benefits were turned into