Poverty and Welfare
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Poverty and Welfare
Kelechi Iwuaba, Ben Wright, Weston Upchurch
• Entitlement programs• Government aid to poor
History of Welfare
• Colonies and British Poor Laws• Unable to work received help• Able but unemployed given public service employment
• 1880s and 1890s • Less dependent on gov’t • Caseworkers trained unemployed in morals and work ethic
• FDR and Great Depression• 1935 Social Security Act
• Created numerous welfare programs− Unemployment compensation and AFDC still around
• Agencies were created to oversee the welfare programs• Clinton
• Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act • Each state receives fixed amount of money to run own welfare program• Must find work within two years or lose benefits• Maximum of 5 years
Policymaking Actions
• Legislative- make laws• Many committees• Ex.
• Finance Committee• Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee• Ways and Means Committee
• Executive- carry out • Bureaucracy/ governmental workers
• Judicial- interpret laws• Sort out problems
Chart
Non-Governmental Groups
• Special Interest Groups • Influence elected officials through
lobbying for a specific policy• Examples:
•Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN)
•Bread for the World
Cartoon
Impact on American Public
• Welfare is the largest burden on the government
• Taxes are increased to help fund • The poor get government assistance• Entitlement Programs- “social
insurance”
Modern Welfare
• Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act • Basically reformed Welfare to a certain degree• Goal was to end long-term dependence on welfare
programs• Shifted some of federal government’s roles to states
and cut benefits• Recent Health Care Bill
• Increases the amount of money spent on Medicare and Medicaid
• Expands the area that the money is spent on most people will be able to qualify for its benefits
Analysis • Kelechi
• Welfare should be made more job oriented• Money should not be given for doing
nothing except if injured and unable to work not unemployed.
• Weston• Tax payers should not pay for those who do not do
anything to help the country
• Ben• Welfare should be completely done away
with• Not needed
Work Cited
• http://www.welfareinfo.org/history/• http://www.votesmart.org/issue_group.php?type=category&category=67&go2.x=9&go2.y=15• http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/social_welfare.asp• http://acct.tamu.edu/smith/ethics/taxes.htm• http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0861156.html• http://www.dnet.congress.org/congressorg/directory/committees.tt?show=all• Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy Textbook (Edwards)