Cons                                Good vs Bad                              Pros
Reduces work	Increases Work opportunities
It encourages bad behavior	Encourages people to get their act together
Poor people us it to buy drugs & alcohol	Poor people use it to buy the essentials
Teaches that they can expect to be handed money	Teaches them that they need to work for their own money
It can be very easily taken advantage of	It is hardly taken advantage of
It’s not effective	It is very effective
People who have welfare are lazy	People who have welfare

 

I am a little mixed with my opinion on this matter. Reagan was against welfare from the start. He believed that people who had little to no money were using it for the wrong reasons, one reason being them trying to use the money to escape poverty. He also believed that they cheated the system by feeding their drug and alcohol addictions with the money they received each week. He also stated that he thought these people were too lazy to get up off their butts, and actually go and try to get a job so they can support themselves and or their family.

Next, Bill Clinton proposed an act in 1996 called the (PRWORA) or Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. He proposed this act because he also felt that people need to get up off their butts and go get a job. Clinton thought that this would put an end to welfare. Both of these guys have similar ideas and yet they are somewhat different.

I agree with these two men. I do believe that there are certain people out there in this world that have been using welfare for other reasons.  I also believe that people who receive welfare must take drug and alcohol tests to make sure that they aren’t using the money they get on those things like drugs and alcohol.