Why welfare isn't working 23 Articles

by Emma Riley Sutton

Welfare is not working! It is a trap. It is a vicious circle that pushes people down and tries to keep them down, no matter how hard they work to get up again. My family fell into the trap when my husband fell down the ...read more

by Katoni Si Ny Ya Haa

Why Welfare Isn't Working We have all heard the saying that those living on welfare have it made and live better than those on minimal wages. This is not true but those that have never been on the rolls have no idea jus...read more

by Tara Rijon

Following the stock market crash of 1929, the US economy spiraled downward. As the Great Depression took hold, millions of people were left to live with little resources, and it became necessary for city and local chariti...read more

by MamaShan

The welfare system was originally put into place to be a temporary supplemental income. Not a long term goal. Unfortunately, some people have made it that way. Please understand that not everyone means to live off of it fo...read more

by Donna Carroll Batton

At the turn of the century, help for those in need of assistance came from the colonies. Sometimes the states would help provide aide. The first federal welfare program was developed after the Revolutionary War where pen...read more

by Sopher Forbes

Lets call it what it is not what it was. Welfare doesn't exist anymore. It is now referred to as TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). Since the new federal guidelines were enacted in 1996 a person has a lifet...read more

by Lisa Hunt Warren

Welfare programs generally don't work because 1) they don't generally give many people the one-time, reasonably small, financial boost they may need in order to be able to work and 2) they often assume that anyone who has ...read more

by Jeff Brooks

Governmentally administered welfare programs do not work for a number of reasons. First and foremost is the impersonal nature of government itself. To fully understand the dynamic of aide we must consider human nature, n...read more

by Stephanie Bryan

It has come to my attention once again that I have really missed my commentaries. The topic of debate for this issue is welfare: the good, the bad, and the interim. In a perfect world, welfare would be used only by th...read more

by Jan Lightfoot

Welfare was not designed to meet all Needs Jan The first national welfare Program was created in Llyon France, after the 1425 bread riots. People threw rotten tomatoes. Instead of the government asking "how do we he...read more

by Miranda Belcher

Welfare is a joke!It was designed to keep the poor people poor,and not rise above that.You are only allowed a certain income limit to be eligable for food stamps and health benefits. However, they count the before taxes in...read more

by Paula Giles

Well i think welfare is not working because if you look at the system you have to meet certain requirements and most blacks just don't meet the requirements some don't want to get a job to care for their families, some jus...read more

by Ye Li

Avril Lavigne returns in good mood When Avril Lavigne released album No. 2 in 2004, the spunky teen pop star announced to the world that she was growing up. Gone were the baggy pants and skater-chick image that first ...read more

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by Nikki Pons

Welfare as a program was developed to help needy families during bad farm harvests. We still want to think of welfare as a temporary assistance for otherwise well employed people with solid job skills and a place to use t...read more

by Robert Tippett

In today's American battles between the haves and have-nots, which could somewhat be over-generalized by stating between Republicans and Democrats, the issue of "welfare" always raises its ugly head. Certainly, by having ...read more

by Michele Oneal

Take it from a welfare RECIPIENT,welfare doesn't work because it not DESIGNED TO WORK!Let's face it the "POWERS-THAT-BE" see us all as drug using,booze drinking,low-lives who don't want to work! It becomes very frustrating...read more

by TammyJo

How can we expect something to work when it does not help those who have actually worked thier whole lives and end up in a jam? A friend of mine applied for medicade when she got pregnant,and only medicade. She has...read more

by Julie Bruce

Welfare doesn't work because it supports our current culture of entitlement. There is a population of people out their with the misguided belief that the government should provide them with free housing, childcare, health...read more

by Kathleen Siegel

Many citizens and politicians are frustrated with the welfare system in the United States. The whole system just does not seem to be working. Welfare recipients are often criticized as being lazy, uneducated, and even unc...read more

by Hongjun Liu

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