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The welfare program in President Johnson’s Great Society of the 1960’s had good intentions, but a time for change in it’s failed vision has arrived, and I would start by changing it’s name to separate the new program from it’s horrid past. All citizens have the desire to be considered a contributing member of society. Accepting government financial support is not wrong. Job security is a thing of the past, our society should always lend a hand up, unfortunately the welfare system became more of a hand out, as well as a way of life for some. "How can a man feel like a man if he doesn’t contribute to society." The lowest paying job is more morally and ethically rewarding than a lifetime on welfare. Your first source of income should not ever come in the form of a welfare check. A high school dropout should never be allowed to go on welfare, and a family should not live off the government for life. I support a one year mandated time limit in which a person can collect government funds. I support a portion of the current rules in place, but I believe returning the recipient back to the work place in a rapid manner needs to take priority. We should encourage a family to stay together, and demand a high school dropout to go back to school, but if they refuse I would support state funded GED classes. I recommend a skills evaluation for all high school dropouts and high school grads. I would also support a skills enhancement class for them, as well as for all current benefactors and new applicants for government assistance. If a recipient wants to seek a higher education level, we should assist him/her in finding the financial support they will need by helping them apply for all the various grants and scholarships available from the private sector. I would also seek assistance from various private organizations as well as from churches in our community. I would encourage area businesses to include day care as a benefit to their employees. I applaud the effort and changes that have taken place over the past few years, but we still have a long way to go. The program’s ideology should be to give a hand up, not a continual handout. We should desire to help all those who put money into the system, find the best assistance when they need it most. We as a society need to help them find respect for themselves and their families by removing them from a government check, and help them find a future they can be proud of. If we put an emphasis on rapid advancement in skill enhancement, along with a strong conscious effort to separate our new ideology from our previous thought process, and the private sector taking a more active role, we can accomplish a basic abolishment of welfare as we know it. |
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