Fixing the Welfare State

Accessibility of the welfare system can be somewhat of a problem for some people. The welfare system is not available in every country in the world and is available mainly in higher developed countries. The poor people that need the welfare system the most are usually the ones that never get the help that they deserve. However the welfare system cannot just hand out welfare to everyone on the street, it is not economically possible to do so. Take for example the new health care bill for the U.S. it is a nice idea for everyone to get health care, but it is not a smart decision for the U.S. in the fact that the country cannot afford to give everyone health care. (I read an article on this and cannot find the exact one, however google works just fine to make my point). This makes the people who have health care suffer and also harms the whole country in general since we are putting ourselves into a situation that we cannot afford financially. It is the same basic principal with the world. It is a nice idea for everyone to have health care and get money to help survive, but it isn’t possible for the world to do at this time. There is too much abuse in the system for the welfare state to work the way it should. If the welfare system was used properly then people who actually need to be on welfare could potentially get the help they deserve. But as long as people all over the world keep abusing the welfare system it will be hard to help the people that really need the help.

The biggest critique to the welfare state is that it doesn’t really help the poor. It is also a problem to the whole country that issues the welfare system. To keep the welfare system going citizens of the countries need to pay high taxes for others to benefit from it. This harms the middle class people that are just trying to get by and doesn’t affect the high class people as much since they have all the money they need. This leaves the poor to fight for the chance to receive welfare.

Many of the people who would be eligible for welfare don’t even know where to go or where to look for welfare. If they do it isn’t a guarantee that they will even be approved for financial help. There are application processes in which you have to prove that you need the welfare. The applications are a good thing though. They could use some work. The applications make it to where people can tell white lies on the application to get the money they need and then once they receive the money they go drive off down the road in their nice sports cars. If the application process was better then the system might actually be able to help those that need it. The system also needs to make it aware for poor people of where they can find the help they need, they can’t get help if it isn’t accessible for them to get. Accessibility is the key to successful welfare state.

The poor countries don’t have money so they can’t afford to have a welfare system to help the poor citizens of their country. The more developed countries have more money to help, but mainly use the taxpayer’s money to pay for it. This helps the poor to some degree, but also makes the middle class people (the ones that are affected most by taxes) hurt the most and lowers their financial income to live off of. This is a cruel process that just goes round and round. I think the welfare system is a good idea, but it has some things that need to be fixed to make it work better. I believe the biggest problem is going to be fixing the application process so that it is harder for people to tell their white lies and get money that others deserve. Until then the poor of the world will keep having the problem of accessibility to the welfare state that they deserve.

More information can be found at these sites:
http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/14/2/87
http://tutor2u.net/sociology/poverty-politics-welfare-state.html

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