ancial conditions. Even though this aspect is a weakness of being on welfare, it is also a negative aspect of not being on welfare. This is due to the possible lack of job availability in our society for certain people. In other words, if there are no available jobs out there, then an individual in need can reach poverty, no matter if they are a welfare recipient or not. On the contrary to this negative position, an individual who is not dependent on welfare is much better off in society. Individuals can make more money working than living off of welfare. For instance, “a preliminary study of the system by Mathematica Policy research has found that about 35 percent of the 1,400 welfare families had left the roles and found jobs that paid an average of $1,600 a month, nearly double the $800 average for those in the study who remained on welfare” (Peterson 2). Even though $1,600 a month is not a tremendous amount of money, it is a lot more than what a recipient on welfare would receive.Similarly, the government would also save money. For example, “with more people working, fewer will depend solely on the government for support, and thus less tax dollars will be needed” (Ringel 2). Also, “taxpayers will not feel as though they are being taken advantage of when welfare recipients have to work in order to receive benefits” (Ringe1 2). Working provides self-reliance for people. Most everyone would rather work and support themselves, rather than be supported by the government and live on welfare benefits. Living welfare-free provides independence sense of freedom for individuals. In addition to feeling good about themselves, people can feel proud of themselves just because of the simple fact of knowing that they can live without being dependent on anyone or anything but themselves. On top of making more money and having self-reliance, a non-welfare life provides altruis...
