Government Assistance To Help Find Jobs For The Poor

“My values, our values, aren’t about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand” (Kathleen Blanco). As I grew up my sister has used the government programs such as Food Stamps, and Medicaid, from my experience through my sister I can stand to not that the government benefit programs can change and save lives. My sister is currently going through a divorce, with a 2 year old daughter and has a four day old daughter. I cannot fathom how much this impacted her life. Before her divorce my sister and her husband had decided that she should be a stay at home mom since there would be no one better to love and care for their children, while her husband was at work. Only two week after the tragic breakup she needed financial help.

My sister was worried that she could not make it for 6 month without a job and providing for her children. After looking for a job she found that no one would hire her because she was pregnant, and they would have to make account for maternity leave absence as paid or unpaid time off work. How could she pay for her hospital bill for child birth, and provide for her children with no job. She has now had her child and recovering, she made it. The reason she has financial survived is for the support of government programs. My sister and I could not be more thankful for the help of the government benefit programs as they had saved her.

Not only have financial programs help my family but millions of Americans around the world. People sometimes need a helping hand to get them on the right track, and that is exactly what the government benefit programs have done. There are people who will always complain and say that the government programs are making Americans handicapped, as they are making people dependent upon the programs. The lifeline Assistance Program, Food Stamps, Medicaid and more have helped the United States grow and become what it has in this day and age. It’s a stepping stone to the American dream. Rick Danko perfectly states the path of the American dream “as time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel”. Don’t let the bad apple discourage you or crush your dreams, even if you do need that support and helping hand of government programs you’re not in the wrong. Keep your head held high and don’t just go after your dream but run for them.

Another government program that has impacted my life is financial aid. There is no way I would have ever gone to college if I didn’t have that help. Yes I am getting support from the government programs but I am not going to waste it. I am going to finish college and pursue my career and dreams. I am proud to say that yes I am the American dream, as I am a leader, a believer, and successor. Let it be known that my success comes from the support of government benefit programs.

Working hard does not always mean the need is fulfilled. We have all met the lower income family that may have a mother and father in the home, working and striving hard to make ends meet, or the college student that has no means (striving for better), however they never seem to. As a result they are forced to take on additional jobs and most demeaning of all have to apply for assistance programs to feed their families. It is simply a form of assistance to help them on their quest to doing better. An individual that is attending school, working at even a minimum wage job, etc. is trying. As the economy grows these people should be able to relieve themselves of the public assistant need. Reforming our educational system is the first step to overall growth. 

In short, public assistance programs can be viewed in many ways, in many different situations. However, we must remember that everyone is not on assistance by choice and tat there is actually a need. I do not believe that public assistance programs should be obsolete. I think they should remain as they have served their purpose, we cannot allow political gain and social reform the hand in our assisting fellow Americans.

Is it True that Anti Poverty is Better for the Country

In this essay, I will discuss the need for entitlement programs and why they are such an important to Americans going through financial hardships. As well as how we can affect change socially and economically overall. Although a resolution is imminent, as citizens and tax payers we have a duty to preserve and work towards financial stability for our country and economy as a whole.


When we think of public assistance programs, the first thing that comes to mind socio-economic status. Americans have degraded the mission of public assistance programs and has labeled it as a crutch for those that do not wish to work and strive for better. While on one hand I can agree with that point, there is another part of me that believes that they deserve the same opportunities that were afforded to individuals in the 1930’s during the conception of Welfare. Following the Great Depression, Welfare in America became a bases for financial reform. Everyone across the board was doing pretty bad and as a result the federal government sought to provide everyone with a crutch,; stepping stone. The  same form of support the less fortunate today need to get by. It is my opinion that most people on public assistance would rather not be. They would prefer to have the means to provide for themselves in a way that would afford them the ability to feed their families,pay their bills, etc. without having to stand in a line, meet with a self sufficiency counselor, or any other person that would have to look into their finances and conclude their need for assistance. The less fortunate are plagued with the stamp of laziness when in actuality that may not fact.


Working hard does not always mean the need is fulfilled. We have all met the lower income family that may have a mother and father in the home, working and striving hard to make ends meet, or the college student that has no means (striving for better), however they never seem to. As a result they are forced to take on additional jobs and most demeaning of all have to apply for assistance programs to feed their families. It is simply a form of assistance to help them on their quest to doing better. An individual that is attending school, working at even a minimum wage job, etc. is trying. As the economy grows these people should be able to relieve themselves of the public assistant need. Reforming our educational system is the first step to overall growth. 


In short, public assistance programs can be viewed in many ways, in many different situations. However, we must remember that everyone is not on assistance by choice and tat there is actually a need. I do not believe that public assistance programs should be obsolete. I think they should remain as they have served their purpose, we cannot allow political gain and social reform the hand in our assisting fellow Americans.

The Best Health Government Benefits

Government benefit programs are an extremely important resource for the American people going through financial hardships, because this lets us know that the Government still cares and wants us to succeed. Programs like Medicaid, Food Stamps, etc. serves as a temporary help to those who have gone through life and seem to be at the bottom right now. When lay-offs happen, a medical emergency comes about, or debt spirals out of control, the people don’t need more education or someone to tell us that we’re lazy and just don’t want to work, but a simple lending hand will do.

The government serves as a lending hand to those that need it, and this puts our faith back into the government to pay taxes, be law abiding citizens, and vote. There are many families in America today that will not have any groceries if they did not receive Food Stamps, and many families who could not afford the house they live in without rent assistance. These programs show that the government cares if we are able to pay rent, or have food in the house to feed families. Without government assistance programs all faith American people have in the government would be gone. Then when it comes to building the economy no one will spend money for the lack of trust on where the money goes, or around tax season there will be millions of unpaid taxes, and the election poll numbers will be drastically low. Government benefit programs are resources we depend on to make it day by day in the United States.


Effectiveness of government benefit programs can use some improvements for sure. The number one flaw is, a majority of people who have no other financial source but the government. This is neither right nor wrong because, everyone can’t bounce back in just one month or two, but assistance is taken some times as an enablement for many citizens. One thing the government can do is limit the amount of time resources are used for, and have strict deadlines as to how long a receiver can get the assistance.

The next step is ensuring that the recipients of any programs can be properly equipped to provide for themselves. Learning workshops can be placed or attended to teach the public about proper money budgeting, eating healthy, reduce debt classes, proper job training, etc. This can also be a requirement that all recipients attend a seminar once a month on one of the following topics. Instead of just serving as a ‘hand-out’ the government also builds a strong nation of people in the process so the assistance programs are not permanent solutions. Cutting the programs completely will only cause uproar in public body, but just restricting the policy in which citizens receive assistance helps both the recipient and the government.

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