Welfare Reform Law of 1996
The Welfare Reform Law of 1996 Introduction: I chose to do my paper on The Shrinking Welfare State: The New Welfare Legislation and Families, written by D. ... The main issues brought up in their paper are their concerns on what will happen to poverty level families with the changes in the welfare system brought about by the federal government in 1996. ... Author’s Point and Position Number One: The authors’ thought the welfare system before the changes were made needed revamping. ... The new welfare laws have made it so states are given a set amount of money and the freedom to decide where it should be applied within the program. ... The reasoning behind this is that it forces people to get jobs and in doing so they will help themselves get of welfare. ... There are too many on welfare compared to the number of positions available. They are concerned that companies will cut back on hours, pay, and benefits for existing employees to make room for the lower paid welfare recipients (pp. ... More than likely, they will become welfare recipients themselves at some point if they are not able to make ends meet. It may end up becoming a revolving door for welfare, causing a much larger problem instead of fixing the current one.