Issues With The Welfare System

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The welfare system in the United States has had many problems arise in recent years and there has been nothing done to try and fix these issues. Welfare is supposed to be a financial boost for people who are struggling to survive by themselves. However, there are many people trying to take advantage of the system and use the money provided by the government for certain items that are not necessary to live. The other major problem is with the inefficient government that is so divided ideologically that nothing has been done to repair the system because both parties believe that their ideas are more effective than the others. In order to resolve the ongoing dispute of the welfare system, changes to the process of screening recipients and how the government conducts changes to the system have to be made. Conducting financial checks on recipients must be done to ensure monetary funds are being used justly. Many people collecting checks from the government through the welfare system have used their money incorrectly either on purpose or by bad practices they have been taught (Headworth). Although there are people from state offices constantly doing interviews on welfare beneficiaries, there are still …show more content…

Although politicians believe they are doing the right thing by not giving into demands on the opposite party what they 're really doing is creating a larger divide between the two parties which in return allows nothing to get done (Berg, 2007). So all the problems in the welfare system are not being fixed because there are no new laws being put into effect to help change any of the problems. The Republicans believe the less welfare will be more affective then implementing more services like the Democrats want to (Berg, 2007). Since the ideological divide is so great between the two political parties there is no middle ground for the discussion because of this divide. This is the biggest

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