Welfare

	Myths:	Realities:
1	Welfare discourages employment.	Welfare can get people back on their feet and motivate them do get a job and do better for themselves.
2	Welfare in a child’s life teaches them to be lazy.	More cash welfare early in a child’s life improves the child’s income in adulthood.
3	Handouts will make people lazy.	Welfare can help people get the extra boost they need to get their lives together.
4	Welfare has no effect on a child’s nutrition status	Welfare can improve a child’s nutritional status.
5	Welfare will make kids lazy and not get an education to support them.	Welfare can improve a child’s educational attainment.
6	People on welfare cause everyone to pay more taxes to pay for their free health care.	Welfare can improve a person’s life length due to availability of medical attention and vaccines.
7	Democrats are known to support welfare.	Bill Clinton does not support welfare.
8	People on welfare use the money irresponsibly to buy alcohol and junk food.	Most people on welfare use the money responsibly to survive to feed themselves and their families.

 

 

 I agree strongly with welfare to some extent. Welfare is a necessary part of our economy. Without it people would be unable to afford the proper food and medical care they need to survive. Most people have the same views as Clinton. Clinton thinks that welfare is an excuse for people to be lazy. He along with many other people assume that people on welfare are unmotivated and are just getting away with milking tax dollars so they don’t have to get a job. Of course this may be true for some people on welfare, but those who desperately need it cannot be stereotyped with the ones who abuse it. Clinton thinks that people should be given 5 years of government assistance to get back on their feet and then it should be taken away. While I agree with this to some extent, it wouldn’t be fair for every case. In the situation of a single mother trying to take care of her 4 children by herself, she could work all day just trying to make ends meet, and it still might not be enough to keep food in the fridge. I think that It’s important that we look at more than one side when talking about taking away things that are keeping so many people alive.