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
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The welfare system we have in the U.S. is flawed in so many ways that we need to change it. The welfare system is failing by letting people buy drugs with their money‚ let’s people take the money without a reason for it‚ and letting the government have all the power. If we really want the welfare system to become what we wanted it to be then these things will need to be changed. The first reason the welfare system is failing is because people will buy drugs with the money they receive from it. Some
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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Temple University Harrisburg Introduction Parental substance abuse and the welfare of children have become a growing epidemic in society today. Thousands of families are facing struggles with addiction which can lead to the interruption of cognitive development and mental growth of their young children. It has been found that “more than 8.3 million children younger than 18 years (11.9%) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused
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Welfare is government-provided support for those in need and who can’t support themselves. It was established by the Social Security Act of 1935‚ and it was created due to the Great Depression in the 1930s. The Welfare system greatly impacted many lives during the Great Depression and continues to help many families today. Not only has it helped families but it has helped the elderly‚ disabled‚ and mentally challenged. These different types of individuals use the system as it was meant to be used
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America’s welfare system has become beaten and bruised. Although the welfare system started out as an appreciated helping hand for people in need‚ undoubtedly it has turned into a cycle that can‚ encourage individuals to hold back from succeeding on their own‚ through its many programs such as food stamps‚ low income and housing assistance‚ to the basic fact of who actually receives the benefits. Welfare was able to dig its roots into America during the time of the Great Depression. At that time
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believe our welfare system is poor‚ unregulated‚ and unstable. Most individuals who are on welfare abuse the privileges they receive; moreover‚ a vast amount of the individuals do not even need the financial support. Our welfare system should be changed in order to support those who really need aid. It is terrible to see individuals who truly need help not be able to receive it because of other people who take advantage of something they do not need. To comprehend the overuse of welfare‚ we can take
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SOCIAL POLICY Social Policy and the Welfare System Leigh-Ann Hancock Kaplan University HN300-01 Human Services and Social Policy Professor Lorena Lashway May 1‚ 2012 Social Policy and the Welfare System Over one hundred years ago poverty-stricken Americans’ means of assistance was met through families‚ local communities‚ and charities‚ typically religious. Following industrialization in the 1870s‚ the nation’s adult workforce was flooded by employers who were dependent on a continuing flow
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I think that there should be better rules for the welfare system. I will be talking to about the following; how people fraud the system‚ the expenses and finally‚ their dependence on the government. To clarify‚ welfare is a very great thing. It helps many people who are unable to work‚ have an injury/disability or are poor‚ don’t have a job‚ and many more. A bunch of people take advantage of this. First of all‚ some people fraud the welfare system. That’s why I think there should be better rules‚
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The Welfare System Must Remain Public Welfare is an important support system of the United States government. Welfare has its benefits‚ but the system has pitfalls. Instead of abolishing welfare as critics of the system suggest‚ reforms can be made to correct the problems while government‚ either on the state or federal level‚ can continue to assist the impoverished. The term welfare is used to describe a variety of programs that provide income support and create a safety net for poor individuals
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in this economically disadvantaged community‚ I witnessed and experienced the adversities posed by living in poverty. Where some see disaster‚ I see opportunity; where others see laziness and fault‚ I see misfortune and fortitude; what some call a welfare city‚ I call home. In the 2015-2016 school year‚ approximately eighty-seven percent of the students in my school were classified as "economically disadvantaged" according to the Irving Independent School District; additionally‚ over fifty percent
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