I was born into a life with a young mother who worked to support us day after day. She grew up in a small town without much money in the first place. As hard as she tried and as much as she worked she still had to live with her parents and depend on small forms of welfare. Welfare is a government program that gives aid to people in need or people who may not be able to support themselves. There are many forms of welfare such as care assistance, food stamps, health care, or cash aid. My mother was on food stamps, she was extremely grateful for the assistance. Even with the help she continued to work hard and finish her education. As we both grew older she continued to work hard and worked her way out of the government assistance. I had to chance to grow up and get an education I have a family and a great life thanks to her. Based on my experience I can see the benefits in the welfare programs, people can change their lives for the better. The only stipulation is that these people will actually have to work and try to come up from this. My argument is that in order for you to receive government welfare you will have to be continuing to look for work or find a job. People on disability or that are unable to work should receive assistance, but if there is an abled bodied person in the household then they should be finding work to support the house. If you do not look for work then you are to be taken off of this support. My goal is to make people work for assistance, by making them work you are giving them opportunity to come up from nothing. If they work hard they can no longer have to depend on government help, they can make something of themselves. My plan is to find a way to bring this into play, finding a way to make this possible and force this plan little by little until it is complete. I have information and data to prove why this is beneficial to our society and why work is important for these welfare recipients. Some recipients happen to take advantage of these programs, they do not work and do not try to make better for themselves. They have been found to take these programs for granted continuing to do nothing while taxpayers continue to pay for this. Bringing back my life story, I can nowadays see these people taking advantage of the government. It makes my family upset to see these people doing nothing while people who deserve all the help in the world are looked down upon because of certain people. Implementing a demand for this work will help our society and everyone involved in it.

In this world today there are many that take the system for granted or work around the many flaws behind it. Anders Molander states in her journal that "It may be too late to save this country, if we don't find someone that actually cares to make a difference then this will never change" (Molander). Like stated if we want these recipients to find work then we will need someone who will change this country. This scholarly source shows extreme bias, wanting these welfare recipients to find work they just believe it may be too late to stop them from continuing to take advantage of welfare. The tone sounds worried and scared that we will never make change we need to force work on them and I promise you it will better our nation. The first of many opportunities and ways to fix this is by making half of the recipients find work, and the other half find education. They implemented many programs across different countries and "The only programs  that both increased work and made families financially better off were those that provided earnings supplements to low wage workers" (Bloom). Basically, the best way to make these people work is by providing them with money or help, and that's exactly what I want. I want to have them work and if they do they can have all the help they need as long as they are trying. This source has a bias that is for the same side as I am, he wants to find ways to implement this plan the best and he uses real people and real data to come up with his final evaluation. He goes on to state that "This approach is designed both to encourage more welfare recipients to go to work and to improve the economic circumstances of low income working families" (Bloom). This approach he is talking about is on his giving of earning supplements. Like said the earning supplements encourage them to work, encouraging is the first step and once they want to work its easy from there. You just have to get them to stop from being lazy and get them up on their feet and providing for themselves. In Gueron's article it is stated that "The fundamental dilemma is the impossibility of simultaneously maximizing the two primary policy objectives: reducing poverty and encouraging self-support" (Gueron). No one likes the policies of welfare and how they are set up in today's world, and there are many efforts to make a change. This article clearly states why it is such an incredibly hard task to manage. Yes, this is improbable in today's culture, but it can be done and needs to be done if we want to better this world and everything it stands for.

There is a documentary about the abuse of food stamps, in this documentary it is said by interviewed people that "they don't feel like they should have to work" or that "they should just be given things" (VisionVictory). This is insane these people are given everything and they aren't even working, why do they feel like they are above us? When it is us that is paying for their food or their health. These people treat the system wrongly and there should be something done to put an end to this. This documentary has a sad tone that shows bias on my side of the spectrum it shows the abuse of the system just like how many documentaries do they either make you sad or upset you into wanting to better the issue. This does both and without any writing captures more than any paper or review does. According to the Economist "welfare has grown, there are more and more people calling themselves disabled" (R.G). More and more people in this world are finding the flaws in the system and exploiting them, people are finding ways to do nothing and get on the welfare system. Another article states that "Not working will actually give you more money than working will" (Tanner). This article shows the benefits from not working and that's a shame, but it is the truth. This is why people ae taking advantage of our system we are rewarding them for doing nothing and the ones who are actually trying and doing something receive less and no benefits. It's practically to the point were not working is the best thing to do going to get an education or a job does nothing. This is why making these people work when receiving welfare at least makes them do something until they eventually get themselves out of poverty and come up in life, and once they do that it all uphill from there.

Others on the opposing side talk on several different points such as that by Eric Morath, that "These welfare recipients do already work they just have the jobs that barely pay and it's not enough to support" (Morath). They believe that they should not have to work because what is the point when you don't make enough to support anyone. My argument back to that is that maybe if they keep working they can make better wages and if you work one low wage job you can eventually get a job that will provide more. How I see it if we get the plan going to force work then even with a low paying job they can still get government help. It's a win win they get to stay on welfare and they have a little extra money for other stuff for them or members of their family. We will provide the rest as long as your trying and making the county better and not just sitting there taking money. There is a video of an Austin Texas morning show were a caller comes in and talks about her welfare saying "she gets a lot of welfare money and can stay home and smoke weed" (Welfare Abuse). The fact that she would call into the radio station to say that she doesn't need to work and she doesn't have to is the first problem. The second is how she is allowed to smoke weed. How trashy is it to call in and say that on the radio station that is ignorant, and that's the kind of people we are paying our tax money for. She should be made get up and find a job if not then she will have her welfare taken. What has this world come to, for this to happen and we continue and continue to let it slide.

Another point of view I would like to elaborate on is the disability standing. If someone is disabled should they look for work? The answer to that, is no they should not. These people will have someone who is in their family provide for them. Like I said if there is an abled bodied person they are to work, and they will work and support this disabled. In an article it is said that "Mental health problems may prevent women from undertaking the tasks necessary to find employment, or women with these problems may lack the self-confidence needed to take on new challenges" (Jayakody). This is a huge argument for the other side of the view point on this argument. This is easily solved with my suggestion, of course government help will be provided and that is rightfully so, but there is someone who will need to work to help provide. It also brings on an issue with single mothers finding work. Bringing back my story that is exactly what my mom was and she made it work so I know they can as well. In the article about Mother work it is stated that "mothers are needy but that there are many places out there to help them" (Mother-Work). There are all types of forms of care out there just for mothers and their children. Basically, mothers are protected by the state, it is very understandable that these mothers need help and should be given this. These mothers are always showing want to make better of their lives and are always trying to give a great life for their children. Mothers are the strongest of them all, and deserve all the help they can get. It isn't fair to exclude them from work and not the others. This is the hard part of the program but I believe that these mothers will work if you tell them that it will help them and that you will support them with everything as long as they are continuingly trying.

In an eBook I found an evaluation of the Minnesota family investment plan and the final report. This report states that "rewarding work to cut down on the welfare improves our welfare system" (Knox). There is data about rising education rates, housing rates, finding stable full time jobs and even marriage. Rewarding work as you can see not only increases numbers and percentages but it betters the lives of the people. It's as simple as a reward that will make someone want to do something and once they start they'll continue. In an article from Fox News there is stated that "These are able-bodied adults without dependents. They don't have children in the home. They're not elderly, they're not disabled. These folks should be working." (Jeunesse). If you are able bodied then you should be working there is no way around that fact and it is clearly expressed by others as well as I. There are many people who believe what in believe and what's it going to hurt. These recipients can find work make some extra money and still receive their benefits. Not working when your abled is just lazy and there is no better way to describe it than that, and this world does not need any more lazy people I can promise you that.

In conclusion, welfare is an amazing thing here to help and support people in times of need and suffering. Although this is a great program there are many flaws and these flaws are being taken advantage of. People are calling themselves disabled and they are too lazy to work, or would rather lay and smoke weed all day. These are just some cases but I wanted you to see just how bad it is and will continue to get unless we have someone in office who will change this, someone who will put an end to this crap and change the policies. We need a plan implemented to force work on these people, they either find work or they find help elsewhere. If they are not willing to try then they are not disserving of any such help and should not be granted it. My bias on this topic is extreme and I strongly believe in change. I have experienced it and I am experiencing it day after day. I want to see lives change I want to see people working for themselves. It is clear to me that some people are actually in need and it is our job to help them but I'm not going to help them unless they try helping themselves first. There are many people who would love the help and when people take advantage it's just sick. We need a program set to help the actual disabled or the working mother or even just the low wage working who just need help. That's what welfare is all about and that's what it was made for in the first place and it is about time we go back to it.

