Evaluation:
Published: 04.06.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Welfare Reform', 1.
  • Essays 'Welfare Reform', 2.
Extract

Unemployment, urban slums, and poverty affect every society in one way or another. Welfare was created to aid those who cannot support themselves or earn a living, whether it is poverty or a disability. While it is conjured up in one sentence, welfare poses many issues that need to be reformed. Changes in the economy, a weakened social support system, and welfare recipient's incentives for staying on welfare all call for changes. Welfare needs to be planned so it helps the community, makes best of funding, and does not encourage dependency. Immigration standards should reform by supplying them with knowledge and funding and the majority of money should help urban communities.
Supply immigrants with knowledge and some federal funding
As of the current harsh laws (IIRIRI), immigrants, legal or illegal, who have worked or lived in ten years or less are given very little funding and are being denied many benefits. …

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