Welfare, a huge part of our lives socially and economically, has created a huge debate in the government, as well as among the public for decades. Welfare is such a broad and general topic that it is difficult to find an exact definition of the system. A general definition is adequate. Welfare was born during the most serious and far-reaching crisis ever affect to American economy, the Great Depression of the 1930s.
In 1935 Franklin Roosevelt established law creating the Social Security System, with its ancillary elements such as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children and disability programs, the measure was widely viewed as a long overdue response to the human crisis engendered by the long depression. The welfare system was created as a solution to problems rampant in the 1930s. Americans, as well as the American system, has evolved since the 1930 s, welfare regulations should also evolve enacting reform to meet the changing needs of American society. Although the welfare system at one point was logical, it has become disorganized and ineffective. The idea of a welfare system is flowery and pretty, but the money is frankly just not there.
When asked if the program should be abolished completely, Eloise Anderson, a former worker from within the welfare program and a current social worker, states, Yes, I don t understand finding it too hard to work. Anderson works within the largest welfare system in America, a program that has over 16 billion dollars in total programs. Imagine a hard working auto mechanic and a welfare recipient who does nothing and makes just as much. Is this fair? Hardly; who can establish the cut off point of poverty? Does this kind of system offer incentives to hard workers who are poor? It is true that sometimes a few.....
