...electronic version of food stamps, he is spending money that the government gives him for groceries. Being trained to be professional, I don’t say a thing ring up his items, and politely say good night as he quickly shuffles out the door. I have a hard time believing he has children that are still up at this hour, so he isn’t giving them a treat. Not to judge, but we are also trained to look for signs of intoxication. Alcohol has a distinct smell, so does marijuana. He smelled a lot like marijuana. If you can afford to buy said drugs, you have the money to buy groceries without government help. Drug testing should be mandatory if you want government help. There are people who make enough money to buy drugs, but somehow don’t make enough to make buy groceries for their families. I believe that drug testing should be mandatory for government assistance. It isn’t an invasion of your privacy; it’s a precautionary step to ensure that you deserve government assistance. I know many people who don’t do drugs and use their EBT for good. However, there are many people who use their EBT for munchies, while high on drugs. It may not weed out a lot of individuals, but it would at least make it a little harder to get on welfare. If some people can’t be on there because they make too much money, then those who use drugs and are on welfare, shouldn’t be on welfare. It would be one extra step in the process to get on welfare, to have applicants do a drug test. They already have to collect...
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... Karwatsky Freshman Seminar, Per. 1 23 October 2014 The Welfare System The United States is one of the many countries that has a welfare system. This program is both beneficial and a disadvantage. Some people abuse the welfare system simply because they do not want to work. If a person applies for welfare, he/she should be anonymously tested for drugs and alcohol. Welfare generally refers to government programs that provide needy people with money, medical care, food, housing, and other necessities (Garfinkle). There are many different types of welfare programs. A common welfare program in Pennsylvania is known as SSI. This is a program that supplies people who are disabled to work. Food stamps are also a well-known...
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...“On Health and Welfare, Moral Arguments Can Outweigh Economics” article was published on New York Times, the main idea of this articles is deserving and undeserving people regarding the government support. The issues surrounding welfare including health care insurance reform are contentious and difficult to resolve. The early form of welfare was specifically targeted aid to single women with children or people who could demonstrate a need and the ability to maintain minimal assets of their own. Even now, and after a long way of conflict, Congress continues to debate and reform programs. It still brings with it the same intensity, controversy, and conflicting opinion it did years ago. The poor have been always exanimated and categorized into...
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...Picture this: You get home after breaking your back for the last 10 hours for minimum wage and a miserable boss, your spouse hands you the kids and with a few quick to-does snatches the keys and runs quick out the door for the night shift. You are left staring at the door, as you listen to your loved one get in the car and back out of the driveway. For a moment you worry about them, the dangers of working the graveyard shift, what you would give to have them safe at home next to you right now. A child’s hand grabs yours and pulls you back into focus and you shake off the worry and smile at that beautiful angel tugging at you. You sit down only to find a pile of bills spread out on the couch, you push them aside uncovering the remote and turn on the television. Sitting there with a child on your lap sucking her thumb and the other one snoozing under your arm, after all, it is late; you flip through channels disappointed with your choices. Your stomach growls and you begin to stand up but before you can start for the kitchen a commercial catches your attention. “Start your new life today!” You have seen it many times before but for some reason it hits you differently tonight, “begin classes now…” you stand frozen by the words for a moment, considering the possibilities before it hits you, “It could never happen.” You think to yourself. “We both work so much and we can barely pay the bills as it is; and what about the kids? We can’t afford daycare and definitely not if...
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...WELFARE REFORM: The Welfare Reform is one of the most important issues in America today that often gets pushed to the side. I picked this topic because I believe it is something that eventually involves everyone. It is also something, in which seems that the government can not decide on one plan for. It’s always changing. It almost seems as though every president has a new plan for the Welfare program. While growing up in a poor neighborhood and having been raised by a single parent on welfare, many of these issues are important for me to understand and learn about them. It is a better way to understand and come up with ideas to help it. In 1996 congress passed and the president signed the “Personal Responsibility and work opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996” which drastically changed the welfare system. This welfare reform helped to move 4.7 million people who were government funding dependents to self sufficient in just three years. Since 1996 welfare cases have declined by 54%. The reform then expired and current president, President Bush, was trying to continue the success of this welfare reform. President Bush’s proposal was to make welfare more focused on the well being of children and families. He was trying to make it so that families that receive welfare could eventually be self sufficient. The president’s plan also plans to increase work resources for families. The reform also helps pay for childcare, that is funded with the “Childcare Development Fund”. It...
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...responsible for overseeing the entire project? Distinguish the applicable senses of ‘responsibility.’ CBS News had an article online regarding the court case involving the Army Corps of Engineers and their accountability with the levee failure during Hurricane Katrina. CBS News reports that the ruling could impact northern Texas. Congress made the decision that if something happened, the Army Corps of Engineers would not be held accountable. So when something happens, who is responsible? The city that the levee protects? The Federal Government is one thing, but what about all of the other engineering companies large, small, and everywhere in between? Obviously, one company can’t ever say “We cannot be held accountable if one of our products fails and injures people”. That’s wrong. So, how where would the accountability be pinned? If one of those smaller companies produced a product that ended up hurting or killing people, the entire company should be accountable. According to the Encyclopedia of Business, “businesses can be held liable for any damage or harm their products might cause”. However, this does not go into further detail. If a large corporation produced a product that hurt or killed people, is the entire corporation accountable or is the liability confined to the engineer/group of engineers that worked on that one product? As far as the public is concerned the entire company is liable. Once inside the company, who is...
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...Article Rebuttal – Welfare Drug Testing XXXXXXX BCOM/275V2 4/4/14 X Welfare Drug Testing In Congress and in State Legislatures across the United States, an argument has continued to be brought up that any individual on a government welfare assistance program be required to take a drug test on a specified regular basis. During the past years, few have had enough steam to be voted on, and to become law. Because of the expense of each drug test and the amount of people receiving assistance, along with the advocates against it, it has struggled to this point. In the many states that have had votes it has been met with harsh criticism and the legislature is in a battle for those who agree as well as oppose up to today. In a past US News article, (Vanita Gupta - Deputy Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union) wrote that, “Mandatory drug testing demonizes and demoralizes” that of the recipients. I strongly disagree with that statement and I do agree with the use of mandatory drug testing of anyone receiving government assistance. This is the money of the hardworking people of the United States that are drug tested to hold down a job we are just giving away at an alarming rate. To say that “it perpetuates the dangerous, baseless notion that low-income people and communities are somehow less deserving of the constitutional protections and basic human dignity to which we are all entitled – Gupta (Dec. 2011) is absurd. In my opinion she is condoning that they receive...
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...The Economics of Amartya Sen “Social Choice and Welfare Economics” (NPWES, 2008) And as related to Philippine Economy: National Budget Cycle In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant By: Binalingbing, Jhan Ray N. February 2014 INTRODUCTION “…a budget is a useful tool to help ensure that what limited money is available will be spent for the family’s most important needs, like food, clothing and shelter.” -Florencio Abad Secretary, Department of Budget and Management Every household knows that their budget is indispensable, important and has the capability to turn and mobilize their life around. Every day, millions of Filipinos work just for a meager share to eat, drink, and live, and tomorrow, work again to live for a day. Yet reality, tells us that many still suffer and live in difficult conditions. The National Statistics Coordination Board (NCSB) reported that in 2012, 4.2 million Filipino families experienced or lived in poverty or that is 19.2% percent. The same report also stated that a family of five needed a budget of PhP 5,513 to meet basic food needs every month and Php 7,890 to stay above the poverty threshold (basic food and non-food needs) every month. Such can be attributed to the inflation rise to 4.1 % from the year 2009-2012. What could have caused this statistic to be constant and rise up even more? Is there lack in financial stewardship and accountability on the part of Filipinos? Or even...
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...2010 Applying the strategy of primary prevention would be ideal with the issue of child welfare. However, there is no way of educating and predicting the problems that will arise from abuse and neglect in every household. To some extent there is a potential way of identifying those who are at a higher risk of becoming abusers, but when it’s never been reported in their cases, that could also pose a problem. To the best of the knowledge and abilities those in the human services organizations are equipped with, this can be an effective way to resolve or prevent these unfortunate situations from happening in the first place. Some policies or regulations that could be enforced to alleviate some of the tension brought about with child abuse and neglect, is to engage the parents in as much education as possible when they are expecting, or already have children. Some individuals, who are in stressful situations like poverty or chemical dependency, should be a top priority to serve with the resources and tools to assist them with any struggles. Those that are higher at risk of becoming abusers should take top priority with being given the opportunity to take mandated parenting classes. As this may be a difficult process to follow through with, the idea of being reprimanded with fines and community service may be just enough to lead those with these issues in the right direction. Creating government programs for those on public assistance has already made a play into the system. Enforcing...
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...environment and health welfare, it is indeed clear and unarguable that except nobody, we all must be concerned. The interconnections among all living and non-living elements in this planet satisfactorily satisfies the question “Why should I be concerned with the environment and health of other people?” Basically, people can leave with a poor and unhealthy environment, but believe me or not, they’ll die young; or should I say, WE’LL die young. Because in the context of today’s environmental and health situations, we undisputedly have unsatisfactory conditions of these. According to studies, about 50% of our forest lands have already been converted into commercial, residential, industrial and other purposes. Coastal resources have been suffering from the vast effects of Climate Change. I tell you, this isn’t a joke. Environmental issue is never a joke, because it can compromise huge things such as human lives. Millions of people die every year because of storms and typhoons. This can be accounted to the unstoppable flooding due to the deforestations that took huge number of trees in the mountains; resulting to the direct flow of water from mountain ridges to lowlands. Many people suffer from hunger because of continuously low catch of fish from the sea. This can be attributed to illegal fishing practices such as cyanide and dynamite fishing, which turns out to destroy the coral reefs and seagrass beds where these fishes supposed to live. For the welfare of Philippine citizens...
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...generated a controversy which was meaningless. In fact the public deposits in the banks have increased so much that it is unsafe to leave them in the private hands. Banks by advancing loans to the speculators and non- priority sectors can play havoc with the economy of the country. So banks were nationalized in the larger interests of the nation. Banks are the custodians of the public money but they were in private hands. Some directors of the banks used to utilize funds for their personal benefit By entering into partnership with some business they would sanction loans and get profits. Thus public money was used for personal profit. In a welfare state a government cannot sleep over the matters that do harm to the public interest. Banks, thus, used to advance loans to the individuals or non- priority sectors. Planned economy cannot work till all the factors influencing economy are geared up in that direction. Agriculture and cottage industries were to be financed in order to give a fillip to them. This could be done if the government had a control over the disbursement of Banks' loans. Nationalization is in accordance with our national policy of adopting socialistic pattern of society. Some may say that industries which provide proper place for exploitation should have been nationalized first They forget that the control of the capital is necessary because it gives power to exploit. Another objection raised against nationalization is that it has resulted in inefficient...
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...healthier foods or more fuel-efficient vehicles, conserve energy and other resources in their operations, or otherwise make the world a better place. Influential institutions like the Academy of Management and the United Nations, among many others, encourage companies to pursue such strategies. It’s not surprising that this idea has won over so many people—it’s a very appealing proposition. You can have your cake and eat it too! But it’s an illusion, and a potentially dangerous one. Very simply, in cases where private profits and public interests are aligned, the idea of corporate social responsibility is irrelevant: Companies that simply do everything they can to boost profits will end up increasing social welfare. In circumstances in which profits and social welfare are in direct opposition, an appeal to corporate social responsibility will almost always be ineffective, because executives are unlikely to act voluntarily in the public interest and against shareholder interests. Irrelevant or ineffective, take your pick. But it’s worse than that. The danger is that a focus on social responsibility will delay...
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...human nature, that at a “personal and institutional level - to lose focus on long- term needs in the light of short- term demands.”64 Major Hurricanes of the scale of Katrina do not happen frequently so society tends to neglect and take no action. In doing so, they will unknowingly contribute to the severity of the consequences from the next hurricane strikes. Long term safety must take precedence and needs to “place the protection of public safety, health and welfare at the forefront of the nation’s priorities.” 65 What any city can learn from Hurrican Katrina is that each city needs to develop a long term plan to protect its citizens.. If a plan does not exist at all, it is important that they make one that contains all necessary elements...
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...WASHINGTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY (TSP) PLAN I. PURPOSE The purpose of this planning guide is to describe the State of Washington's policy and procedures for the Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) system. It summarizes the legal and regulatory basis and procedures for all non-federal government agencies in Washington (including public medical facilities). It will aid potential users in determining eligibility for TSP and outlines the procedures for submitting TSP applications in Washington. II. OBJECTIVE The objective of this plan is to provide guidance to users on identifying TSP requirements, submitting applications for TSP, and implementing TSP. III. REFERENCES This plan contains information from various sources. Local governments should get a copy of CPG 1-18, "Guidance for Telecommunications Service Priority System" for a complete description of the system before determining their eligibility for TSP. National Communications System (NCS) Manual 3-1-1, another excellent reference, is available from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402 or from the NCS home page at http://www.ncs.gov/tsp/ A. Title 47 CFR, Part 64, Appendix A, "Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP)." B. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Civil Preparedness Guide (CPG) 1-18, "Guidance for Telecommunications Service Priority System", July 1992. C. NCSD 3-1...
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...Social policy refers to a government initiative, central or local, that aims to meet the welfare needs of the population. They govern many areas of social life such as educations and health and aim to address social problems such as racism and youth offending. Giddens (2001) states that there are four benefits to studying sociology which make up why it informs social policy. Firstly, sociological study can develop understanding of social situations both factually, allowing development of judgement or theory, and theoretically, enabling us to provide and explanation as to why something is happening. Secondly, it can inform policymakers of perspectives that are different from their own, such as the awareness of cultural differences, from this discrimination can be combatted, for example, governments have tackled discrimination against disability and ethnic minorities through social policy. Thirdly, sociological research helps to assess the results of policy initiatives, all government initiatives require evidence that programmes they have put into place are working. Finally, sociology may generate greater self-understanding, this knowledge allows people to reflect upon their experiences of life which may lead to questioning of government policies and creation of protest groups with non-government initiatives enabling people to liberate themselves, for example sociology has shown the extent to which homosexuals have been discriminated, as a result the gay community demanded gay...
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