One of the current issues that jumped out at me was the fact that poverty is such an issues in America. I guess that people hear about it, but when it doesn't directly touch them it doesn't seem to take full effect. Over 12.6 percent of Americans live below the poverty line, that's almost 37 million Americans. I believe that the people who are impoverished, seeem to take advantage of the programs provided for them. Take food stamps for example, the people who use them take advantage of them. They buy chips, soda, candy and everything else under the sun that seems to be unhealthy. Why aren't they regulated? Its a proven fact that impoverished children are more likely to be overweight than children who don't live in poverty. Also another thing that people seem to take advantage of is the free programs given out to people in need, such as social security benefits. The benefits that people who have real jobs, and their having that money taken out of their checks so they might have something saved for when they retire. To tell the truth, no one will ever see that money. That money is given out to people who use it as their main source of income, and support their family off of it for decades. I believe that the poverty in America is an issue because all the programs that are at their finger tips are taken for granted and are used until they are bone dry.
I decided to read the putting Welfare to Work article because of the fact that my first point in this assignment was also about welfare. I believe that the people who are on welfare are there for a reason, whatever that it may be, its not right. It's a parents responsibility to take care of their children and provide for them. I understand that some people do not have the skills or the education to go out and find a job that pays over 28 dollars an hour but that does not give them the right to abuse the welfare system. I believe that the government was right to cut the deadline for how many months that your allowed to be on it, but at the same time its not fair to the people who are on welfare that have a disablity and depend on that for their main mode of income. I don't really think that there is a possibilty for a person to have an opinion on these issues when its not fair to the people who pay for welfare and those who recieve it when there are so many ways that you can look at it, and from so many view points. Ben Nelson a senator from Nebraska feels that the people who recieve welfare should also be finding jobs and have them as well, I think thats a good place to stand on the issues at hand.
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