A popular social issue, the United States welfare system, has created two opposing viewpoints, each including both positive and negative aspects and opinions This public assistance program and many similar ones are believed by some to be very beneficial to needy recipients of our country. On the other hand, others such as myself, believe that public assistance programs can be a burden on our society. Moving from welfare to work is not an easy task. Sustaining this type of success requires a lot of time and effort. In my opinion, in the long run, the negative aspects of our welfare system outweigh the positive ones.In a welfare state, the government offers programs to protect citizens against economic risks and uncertainties at some, or all, stages of their lives. All forms of financial aid and welfare services given by governments to their welfare recipients come from taxes paid by the citizens and corporations of the United States. In other words, money is taken from some people and handed out to others. The welfare system includes any government assistance program where people’s eligibility is determined by their financial need. In recent years, policy-makers of the welfare program have come to believe that certain changes should be made to our welfare policy. Instead of just offering money to its recipients, the government also offers job opportunities and training for these people on welfare. The main goal of the welfare program is to get people off of welfare and into jobs. The welfare program is meant to be only temporary.Under the welfare reform bill of 1996, Bill Clinton added many limitations on America’s welfare policy. The president’s plan proposes a two-year lifetime limit on welfare for most recipients. Work requirements and welfare time limits are two of the current changes to America’s welfare system. Due to President Clinton’s recent Administration’s plan, “wel...
