Welfare | Chapter 1 Chapter Preface
From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, the number of Americans on welfare grew from 4.3 million to close to 10 million, according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. Peter Edelman, the author of Searching for America’s Heart, maintains that the rising welfare population during this period was caused by the loss of jobs in the inner city, as manufacturing operations left New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia for less expensive regions of the country and the world. According to Edelman, the changing economic situation in inner cities coincided with growing sentiment...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Does Welfare Encourage Dependence?
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Chapter 2: Is Abuse of the Welfare System a Serious Problem?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Welfare Fraud Is Widespread
- Insufficient Welfare Benefits Encourage Fraud
- The Government Must Enforce Child Welfare Payments
- Noncustodial Fathers Should Not Be Required to Pay Child Support
- Refugees Deserve Welfare Assistance from the Government
- Refugees Should Be Discouraged from Accepting Welfare
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Can Private Efforts Replace the Welfare System?
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Chapter 4: How Should Welfare Be Reformed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Government Should Discourage Welfare Dependency
- Welfare Recipients Need More Government Assistance
- Work Requirements and Government Subsidies Will Reduce Poverty
- Work Requirements Harm Poor Mothers
- Welfare Policies Should Discourage Out-of-Wedlock Births
- Welfare Policies Should Not Promote Marriage
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
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- Bibliography
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