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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Video Response to "Who is Dependent on Welfare?"

The video was very interesting, but it was a little hard to understand so I had to watch it a couple times. Basically I got that both classes of people sides are dependent on welfare. No one is really at fault either, but the government. In the beginning I am sure the government meant well and wanted to help the people, but over the years the poor as well as the wealthy have taken advantage of the system leaving it doing harm to the system and to the people. I honestly don't know how this problem can be fixed, but I don't think it will ever be fixed because it has been around so long. There was the one part in the video that stood out, it was the part talking about dependency and how the "solution can't be handed out to people." I thought that line represents how welfare is being taken advantage very well. The poor using their money to feed their addictions instead of actual necessities for themselves/families. The wealthy lie to get more money than they need. For example, the lady in Chicago who had 30 names and was collecting money under each name. In my opinion this is a huge problem that can't be fixed, and it's a shame that some people who really need it can't get help. This video is something that is kinda close to me because my aunty is one of those people who actually need welfare from the government and can't get help for some reason. This is actually really saddening/upsetting because people who lie actually get this money and people who really need it, can't. I really do believe it does help people, but I don't think it is as helpful because we still have poverty. I just hope one day there can be fairness in this system to who really deserves welfare.Now I'm not sure how welfare exactly makes a connection with the book, because from my understanding it seems that the upper class have everything and the lower class are left with basically nothing.

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