Government Assistance

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English 1301, Section 023

Government Assistance

Welfare has become an uncontrolled and senseless norm in the United States. I'm not talking about the people who truly need to use it. I'm talking about the persons who abuse it, the able bodied person. That same person who has a nice car and a nice house, but when they go to the grocery store they use WIC or food stamps. That person who has never worked, is in extreme social distress and is supported immediately. But those that have been working all their life and are suddenly laid off will lose everything before given any type of assistance. In fact, they will take your nice home, that you paid for with your hard earned money, because you have to pay property taxes whether you have a job or not.

I am almost amazed at how easy it is to manipulate the welfare system. There are so many young and able people who receive unemployment checks, food stamps, and housing assistance every month and have no intention of changing their lifestyle. For instance, the more children you have, the more assistance you will receive. There is no incentive in looking, applying, and maintaining employment when you can live comfortably off of the tax payers. Unfortunately, it is just easier to not work than it is to work. Our current system enables welfare recipients to be non productive citizens who will never be motivated to find work.

The cycle needs to be broken. Our government empowers these people to live in poverty and then their children expect the same. Children usually do what they see their parents do. They see that their parents aren't working, yet they get a check each month. Why should they find a job when they become young adults? Their parents received money and benefits for doing absolutely nothing.

The welfare system should have some regulations to keep recipients from becoming life time members. There should be a welfare limit time frame. A time limit should be on the benefits that are...