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The post explains the trade-off between work and welfare. Provision of grants to society encourages the culture of ‘lazy welfare bums.' This is because many people find it better to sit at homes and enjoy unemployment benefits compared to the minimum wages received after hard work. This criticizes the role of the state in making flawed policies. The minimum wage in Alabama is $7.25 that is quite low and encourage people to stay at home. Facts reveal that "a full-time worker that works 40 hours per week with no time off will make only $15,080 per year" CITATION Ala18 \l 1033 (Alabama Department of Human Resource, 2018). This indicates that people irrespective of putting efforts earn meager wages while the policy for unemployment is paying more to the people. The policing indicates that the state is encouraging people to stay at homes. This has made people lazy as they prefer to stay unemployed CITATION You161 \l 1033 (YouTube, 2016). The common programs used for minimizing poverty include food stamp programs, housing assistance, and children welfare programs.
Flawed policy and ‘lazy welfare bun' is the reason behind poverty. People who rely on state funds for welfare are more likely to remain poor. Compared to this, people who are taking low-level jobs such as labor will also remain poor. The low wages don't give them the opportunity to improve their lifestyles. The criticism also depicts that rather than spending on welfare it is more appropriate to raise wages of the labor class. This is also a prominent reason for the high-level of poverty. The post emphasized taking adequate measures such as providing better salary incentives for proposing long-term solutions to society. This approach will be more effective in eliminating poverty from the society. Spending on welfare is less effective because it promotes the culture of ‘lazy welfare bums.'
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YouTube. (2016). 30 Days Season 1 Episode 1. Retrieved 03 03, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSGEGOVI34&feature=youtu.be
Alabama Department of Human Resource. (2018). Subsidy Overview. Retrieved 03 03, 2019, from http://www.dhr.state.al.us/services/Child Care Services/Subsidy Overview.aspx
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