http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/us/welfare-limits-left-poor-adrift-as-recession-hit.html?scp=2&sq=us%20economic%20issues&st=cse
"The drive to “end welfare as we know it,” which joined the late-’90s economic boom to send caseloads plunging, employment rates rising and officials of both parties hailing the virtues of tough love." And now..."The poor people who were dropped from cash assistance here, mostly single mothers, talk with surprising openness about the desperate, and sometimes illegal, ways they make ends meet. They have sold food stamps, sold blood, skipped meals, shoplifted, doubled up with friends, scavenged trash bins for bottles and cans and returned to relationships with violent partners —all with children in tow."
Do you believe that welfare should be increased, to reach out to more people, or should welfare be cut back, and people should become less reliant of the welfare assistance?
I believe that this is a touchy subject. People do need welfare but a lot of people take advantage of the system. There are people who do desperately need to rely on the government for help due to the economy, but there are also people who are just too lazy to find a job so they mooch off the government. I think what should be done is to have intensive background checks and make sure people are actually trying and not just being lazy. The people who really need it would have to jump through hoops to get it but we would be able to make sure the people who really do need it are getting it rather than those who could survive without it.
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