Welfare In How To Land The Job You Want

There are 108,592,000 people in the United States on welfare (Snyder). Welfare is not social security, unemployment insurance, veterans’ benefits, or workers compensation (Snyder). People who receive welfare have low motivation and think it is an entitlement. People use excuses to not find an actual job and slowly start to rely on welfare for their overall income (Snyder).

In the Sundance Writer, the story, How to Land the Job You Want gives an example of what should happen if someone gets laid off and/or loses a job. “Louis Albert, 39, lost his job as an electrical engineer when his firm made extensive cutbacks. He spent two months answering classified ads and visiting employment agencies—with zero results” (Mayleas 366). Eventually, he

According to the article, “When Welfare Pays Better than Work,” “Thirteen states pay more than fifteen dollars an hour” in welfare (Tanner). There are thirty-five states total that pay better than an actual job (Tanner). The people who receive welfare do not get taxed for the money received, while people who are working have taxes taken from their paycheck (Tanner). A person who is working will most likely have other expenses such as daycare, groceries, bills, and more, and those expenses will also be deducted from their income (Tanner). However, a person who receives welfare gets the majority of those paid for without any of it taking out of a paycheck (if one is received). A person who does not work but receives welfare is guaranteed more income. This is because his or her expenses will decrease, since he or she will most likely be able to watch his or her child instead of taking them to daycare (Tanner). “It is an advantage to live off welfare in the beginning, but the only way to get out of poverty is having a job” (Tanner).“Only 2.6 percent of full time workers are poor, vs. 23.9 percent that do not work” (Tanner). Even a person working part-time at minimum wage will allow someone to get out of the poverty level. There is no proof that people on welfare depend on it for their entire income, but if they are receiving more income not to be employed than they can earn by

“Our current unemployment situation matches the Oxford dictionary definition, financial support is given to those who are unemployed or those in need. People nowadays who receive welfare think it is an entitlement, and not welfare, because the people who receive welfare think they have earned it by simply getting government money” (Einhorn).Recipients do not acknowledge the fact that welfare is not intended for those who are too lazy to get a job; it is only meant for people who simply cannot or just happened to get laid off for a few months. “The five requirements of collecting unemployment are as follows: being able to work, involuntary jobless, available to work, and currently looking for work” (Einhorn). The program, which was created around the 1930’s, was only meant to provide income for week to week necessities as the matter of food, clothing, and shelter (Einhorn). One of the drawbacks of this is that the longer the government supplies this, the longer it will take an individual to accept a job. A Denmark Economic Council study established that a person waited until the special benefits lapsed before accepting a job (Einhorn). The lengthy aid of income allows those who are inactive to pick what they like instead of the first opening that becomes available. That is unfair, because majority of people in need of a job, take