Cut Welfare!
What is Welfare?
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children
- Women, Infant & Children’s Program (WIC)
- Medicaid
- Food Stamps
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Housing Assistance
- Any others?
Notes:
Many individuals claim that if we cut out all this welfare, the federal budget could be balanced. Just what is welfare anyway? Well, welfare is basically a transfer payment to individuals or families from one or more different government programs. Aid to Families with Dependent Children is probably one of the largest and most often considered “the” welfare program. Others include the Women, Infant and Children’s Program (WIC), Medicaid, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Housing Assistance. The Supplemental Security Income program is basically targeted to citizens receiving Social Security that is at a level deemed to be “too low”. SSI supplements these individual’s Social Security checks. Some of your grandparents may be receiving SSI.
Most of the welfare programs are targeted to assist children similar to a child support payment from the government. Some parents choose to use this “child support payment” to benefit their children, while others will siphon some of this money to augment their lifestyle choices. The Federal and State governments are currently in the process of overhauling many of these programs by limiting the time period that an individual or family may collect funds, and promoting the development of marketable skills through training and education.