Welfare | Welfare Policies Should Not Promote Marriage
To discourage poor women from having children out of wedlock and joining the welfare rolls, the 1996 welfare reform law restricts the benefits available to unwed teen parents and provides federal bonuses to states that decrease outof- wedlock births. In the following viewpoint, Laurie Rubiner contends that legislation to reauthorize the welfare reform law in 2002 must avoid coercive policies that penalize families for not conforming to the two-parent structure preferred by conservative lawmakers. Promoting marriage as the “quick-fix” solution to poverty will force poor women to...
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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
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