Welfare | Chapter 2 Preface
In 1997, the New York Times ran an article on the Southside neighborhood in Brooklyn, where half the population of 27,000 received welfare benefits. To a casual observer, such a high percentage of people on welfare would seem to indicate that a dismal local economy had driven many families onto the welfare rolls. But in 1997, New York City was undergoing its greatest period of economic expansion since the 1960s, and unemployment was declining rapidly in many areas of the city. Instead of destitution, the reporter, Joe Sexton, uncovered a culture where widespread abuse of the...
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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
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