Put an End to Welfare-Jordan Harder

It was during “President Franklin D. Roosevelt[s]” (“Welfare Information) term when welfare was first introduced to America. Welfare is a program that supports many people in America. It can be in many different forms. Some get school lunch programs, or cash assistance, or receive it because of mental and physical problems. Welfare is supposed to be there for assistance with bills, but some American’s abuse the welfare system. It has been shown that “hundreds of billions of public and private dollars are spent annually on efforts to assist the poor” (Rodgers 3). If they can live and get by with just welfare why would they get off and actually get a job? If we do not fix the welfare problem now, the United States will go bankrupt from having to pay people who are not contributing. For the year 2011, the spending for welfare is $953 billion (Bradley). A lot of Americans believe that “the best way to reduce poverty is simply to abolish all welfare programs” (Rodgers 71).The solution to people abusing welfare is to end welfare completely, and the government will do this by passing a law that says all welfare and its programs should be eliminated immediately.