Public Assistance Research Paper

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Public Assistance and Its Problems
Public assistance was established in the 1930s to temporarily assist families hardest hit by The Great Depression. Temporary help means that all recipients of welfare aid are required to find work within two years of receiving the aid. Temporarily help those in need, not permanent/generational lifestyle eighty-seven years past The Great Depression. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWOA) is a welfare reform law that requires states to ensure that people on welfare are looking for work and gives financial incentives for families that move from the welfare system into the workforce. In most cases, people who are on welfare do not actually need public aide, people
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Twenty-three percent of Americans are on welfare. The true stat that is not reported are how many of those American citizens truly need the government assistance programs. It is believed that American people are taking advantage of this function of the government system. The government system is flawed and seems to reward some people that do not necessarily need to be rewarded with help when they are fully capable of helping themselves and are making it bad for someone who really need it. This paper argues against the use of the welfare in the United States of America for the welfare system is too costly, welfare is growing too rapidly, the U.S. will be bankrupt soon and certain individuals should find charities for support, rather the responsibility be to the federal government, it causes dependency of people that would rather be lazy and receive welfare than to work, and the welfare system helps capable people who are on drugs and alcohol that make poor decisions with their lives and …show more content…
Welfare programs create dependency and produce a life situation that is better to receive welfare benefits than to work. Public assistance are mean-tested programs, meaning that an individual must prove a need(s) before someone are approved benefits. Welfare recipients transform taxpayer’s cash into useless vouchers preventing the recipients from buying goods and services that meet their needs (Zwolinski, 2014). Many recipients of welfare would rather sit and collect benefits because it is much easier to collect than to work hard for their family to earn an honest