Personal Narrative: Why I Place Myself As A Republican

There are a variety of ways our ideas are shaped and influenced as we change and grow older with age. We form our own views and beliefs with all the information we receive throughout our lives. It shapes our political views on issues based on what we were taught to believe. We as people aren’t born with political ideas and we certainly don’t create them. The process we learn them through is called political socialization. As early as our childhood and throughout our lives we are exposed to various agents for political socialization. Some agents tend to have a greater impact and effect on our personal beliefs than others. Agents for political socialization that I have observed in my life are my family, education, religion, and other secondary

Lastly, some people on welfare are just to lazy to go get a job. Some people are contempt with sitting around watching daytime T.V. and collecting taxpayers' money. While not all welfare receivers are lazy some abuse welfare such as this example, "I know a welfare recipient who has two kids and is currently enrolled in college (last semester she made the dean's list), who couldn't really make it without some assistance. But on the other end of the spectrum, I know of women who have never held a job and have survived on welfare since I've known them, and I think if I can work 35 hours a week and take a full course load, they can at least get one damn job"(Handy). The system seems too easy to abuse in the first place. As long as one is unemployed and meets all the qualifications one can receive welfare and if one maintains this status with the intent to get a get a job then he or she remains on the list to receive government money and benefits. Welfare isn't

My step mother has Medicaid, SSI, and food stamps. She has determined within her own mind that it is not worth it for her to get a job, because she will lose her benefits. If she gets a job, she will then have to pay for food and medical insurance rather than getting it free. This is a prime example of using the system the wrong way. She is content with living off welfare because she can stay on it for as long as she is eligible. If she had a time limit to find a job, and a time limit on welfare, then she would be an active member of society. Now, she stays at home all day and contently lives off the government.

The reason many cannot stop receiving these benefits is because they do not make enough money, and many times are forced to quit their jobs to actually receive the benefits. Another ethical concern is the treatment of those who are receiving welfare. Many do not have the education, child care or transportation that is needed to actually get a job, and to stop receiving welfare. Many people get fired for missing too much work because of transportation issues and having children who may be sick or not having a good sitter.

The Social Security Disability system is only a microcosm of what ills the American job market. There are a number of welfare programs that currently provide a disincentive to those seeking gainful employment. One company published a report of a single mother with one child with a gross income of $29,000 and all the government assistance she receives actually makes $57,327 in net income and benefits. She would be better off than the mother with a gross income of $69,000 who after taxes makes $57, 045.

The welfare system was created before the government welfare programs started. The system was created to help single mothers, children with disabilities, unemployment and, underemployment. The system offers many different ways to help such as: cash assistance, food stamps, employment assistance, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The system has helped a lot of needy families and still continues to help a lot of families. Many Americans have now started to qualify for help from the system. So people will get help from the system and stay on it just because it’s free.

The U.S. Social Security program is designed to aid residents in need through welfare subsidies. The programs are provided by organizations on federal, state, local, and private levels; and help to provide eligible residents with food, shelter, healthcare, education and money. Aid is provided through financial aid for college education, unemployment disability insurance, food stamps, pensions for eligible low-wage workers, subsidies for housing, and health insurance programs for public employees (Feldstein, 2005; Krugman, 2007).

I am going to be honest. Generally speaking, I have never been a very political person. When I was younger I didn’t care much about politics and up until a year or two ago the most I knew about politics was a basic idea of the ideas of each party, their symbols, that our president is a democrat, and that there’s a presidential election every four years. But, in the past year that has changed a lot. I turned eighteen, and eighteen is the year, the year we become adults, and the year us new adults gain the right to vote. Gaining this authority gives you a feeling that you don’t quite get when you get your license, or your first job at sixteen. So imagine my initial disappointment when the first election I get to vote in involves Donald Trump. But, as I have experienced the campaign in the past year, that disappointment dissolved and I knew I wanted to share what I picked up on.

There are many questions people ask about social welfare programs. Who is receiving these benefits? Are the people receiving these benefits abusing the system? What portion of our tax dollars are going into these programs? What are the long term effects of these programs? What about the non working part of the population? According to the Social Work Degree Center, some of the most common misconceptions of social welfare programs are that people in poverty are simply just lazy and unmotivated, that all people have equal opportunities, and that there is only a relatively small portion of people experiencing poverty. The government is trying to sustain the social welfare programs while trying to help maintain and protect the general welfare

I came to the United Stated from Poland at the age of six. I grew up in a very liberal city and believed that I was a liberal as well. Everyone around me, my teachers and my peers, always denounced conservative beliefs. I never took the time to actually learn and research the facts for myself. In January 2016, when the election was 11 short months away, I realized that it was time to learn about the candidates in order to make an educated vote. With this, it was necessary to learn, for myself, about the political parties. This was when I realized that my views and beliefs did not align with the Democratic Party and that I am actually a conservative. Those around me did not take kindly to my newly discovered beliefs and I lost many friends,

Being on welfare is a curse in disguise to single parent households. To be eligible for welfare you must have little to no household income, meaning that you can’t have a job that pays a living wage. Also, it does not raise up children who are on it, so it is essentially useless for them. Some people on welfare have said that it has trapped them into poverty and they have no independence, self-sufficiency, and it doesn’t promote an industry of ambition. It has also been said to be part of the poverty problem that is so apparent in The United States. Despite the fact that welfare was made to help impoverished people it hasn’t done so, especially for single parent households.

I am interested in the political process and daily happening that make and effect change, I persevere through challenges both personal and academic, and most importantly I am willing to do the hard work necessary to make the group successful. This aspect is the most important is because a congress has to work as a group to accomplish the goal, and most people are not willing to work for the group goal in a congress setting which is basically what is happening now.

I place myself on the left on the political spectrum right progressive liberal. I like that it focuses on the social and economic welfare of citizens and how the government operates.

Every year, there’s an election to fill a political position. You could run for mayor, the senate, or even the president. So what happens when two brothers with a past run for the same position? Two friends watch news coverage a debate-and both don’t like either of the candidates.

I have experienced what it is like to have more than enough money, but also what welfare can do for people. In my opinion, the welfare system is extremely flawed and easily taken advantage of. It’s flawed because it makes people dependent rather than independent. Eventually, it just becomes a way of life instead of a temporary solution. So, then what is it really helping? You could say not everyone has the money to get a higher education or college degree that’s needed to get a well-paying job. While I do agree that college degrees are more of a necessity in today’s workforce, I also think there is more than enough financial aid to help with the costs. Without college I don’t think it’s feasible to make more than 60 or 70,000 a year but I do think you can make more than 20,000 easily. Welfare is also flawed in the fact that once people start making more than minimum wage their checks get cut to almost nothing. So the mindset becomes why work so hard to have my checks cut, when I can get the full amount doing nothing and therein lies the dependence