Welfare | Refugees Deserve Welfare Assistance from the Government
Thousands of refugee families arrive in the United States each year. Many of these families are channeled into state welfare programs where they must comply with work or work-training requirements and are subject to time limits on assistance. Sara Paretsky maintains in the following viewpoint that it is unfair to expect refugees, who are unfamiliar with English and recovering from stressful events, to adhere to the same timetables as people born and raised in the United States. The author contends that the federal government should provide refugees with a year of cash and medical...
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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
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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