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    we going to survive? How are we going to provide for our family? How are we going to keep having food at our table or even a place to live in? In many situations, people turn to the government for welfare support. The idea behind the welfare system is to help those in need of assistance. Three main welfare programs that people have acquired and are a concern to the population are: TANF, unemployment insurance and social security. TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) is a program that the

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    Welfare Reform What would happen if the government made changes to the welfare system? There are approximately 110,489,000 of Americans on welfare. Many people benefit from what the system has to offer: food stamps, housing, health insurance, day care, and unemployment. Taxpayers often argue that the individuals who benefit from the system, abuse the system; however, this is not entirely true. Many of the people who receive benefits really and truly need the help. Even though some people believe

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    within the welfare system as a result of policy shifts and by new thinking, more generally in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), have had many methods, but the one that seemed most important, was that welfare recipients were required to do much more to justify their income support payments than before. The foundation of this new idea is that income support programs should allow individuals to maximise their participation in work. Due to the general shift in welfare administration

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    issues include social welfare, immigration or even environmental issues. Congress receives numerous issues on public polices every day, but they cannot handle and solve every issues that comes across their daily agenda, nor can they satisfy every person in this country. Congress prioritizes on those issues that are more important and relevant to find a probable solution too. A growing issue we see that in today’s society are issues in the social welfare system. Social Welfare has so many issues within

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    All throughout history welfare services have been available to the general public. While these benefits have changed over time, the basic intentions of the welfare system has stayed the same. The welfare system provides benefits and monetary assistance to those who qualify. Different acts over the past two hundred years have been amended in order to try to help the poor, and while not all have been practical and successful, many programs have indeed done an outstanding job in aiding those in need

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    Welfare Abuse in America The welfare systems are based on the principle of public responsibility on equitable wealth distribution and equality of opportunities to citizens who are unable to afford minimal levels of quality and good life, through provision of universal education programs, health care and subsidised housing. In most of the states, welfare systems are not used in the right manner they are intended to. Although the systems are meant to reduce the poverty level and at least assists

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    The US welfare system started back in the 1930’s when the great depression was going on. In 2012 more than 30 percent of households headed by an immigrant. The people who are mainly on welfare are the people who are sick and disabled and have little income, a big family or who come from out of the country. The government provides each state with their own welfare programs called temporary assistance for needy families (TANF). There are many different types of welfare programs in the US like, heath

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    Americans all across the nation have become blind to the fact that the welfare system has created a sense of comfortable distress amongst them; Americans feel safe with knowing that they have benefits to turn to when in need but are also distraught about the actions and well-beings of the welfare system in future times because they are so comfortable with the system. With so many bad effects outweighing the good effects that welfare programs bring to the table, there is a need to say that these programs

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    Introduction U.S. Welfare started as a federally funded program in the 1930’s during the Great Depression to help aid those families and individuals who had little to no income. The Federal Government was in charge of the U.S. welfare system for sixty years, until the 1990’s when there was an uproar of Americans who were unsatisfied with the way the Federal Government was handling those who were receiving government aid. Many Americans believed that these individuals were abusing the welfare program by

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    single-parent home where welfare was the only thing that helped us survive. I lived with my grandma and she wasn’t in the best of health so she was not able to work. She filed for disability which is one of the many government assisting services in which you revive a set amount of money on the first of every month. She also had to apply for food stamps so that we could eat month to month. Lastly, Section 8 which is a program helps with housing far as help with paying rent. The Welfare System is an expensive

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