Welfare | Welfare Fraud Is Widespread
James L. Payne is the author of Overcoming Welfare: Expecting More from the Poor—and from Ourselves. He asserts in the following viewpoint that welfare recipients are cheating the government out of billions of dollars each year through the abuse of welfare programs. Many welfare recipients have income through full- or part-time jobs or from boyfriends and family members that makes them ineligible for public assistance. Payne contends that recipients illegally sell food stamps in order to buy beer, cigarettes, and drugs. In the author’s opinion, welfare officials ignore welfare...
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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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