America's Misguided Approach to Welfare
Economic welfare is defined as the statutory procedure to promote financial gain to people in need. Kimberly Morgan believes that the United States has a very distinct and misguided approach to the welfare system when compared with other world democracies with which the US is usually compared to. The US government does indeed tax less as well as spend less on social programs. In the end, the US spends more than any other country on the health and welfare of its citizens.
Morgan states that the US's system of welfare is "lopsided and incomplete." With people of better paying jobs getting the most benefits and people with lesser paying jobs getting fewer benefits, the government seems to have a unbalance in which some people receive high coverage while others receive hardly any at all.
Even though Morgan believes that a balance is "misguided," I believe that a slight bit of inequality is needed. The US government should be granting more money to the poor and less to the wealthy. With a better financial situation, wealthier households can afford the small amounts of help, but poorer people need the money and, ideally, without abusing the welfare, will live a life that each and every person deserves to live.
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