It was easy to forget that America'swelfare system already stood out among Western nations for its stinginess and limited socialprograms
Welfare benefits in America are not easy to access and are very limited. I can see how it is seen as stingy when they fund other programs very highly but there is a big need for more funding for welfare benefits
The Welfare Game, in short, presented a world where the demands ofwelfare recipients and the federal government explicitly threatened the rightsand well-being of taxpaying citizens
I understand that tax money funds welfare benefits but I think the government should allocate more funds towards welfare benefits and away from other unnecessary programs that are over funded
The re-sult was the first federal policy to directly exclude persons identified ashomosexual from the benefits of the welfare state.
It's interesting to see how policies have changed over the years especially inclusivity rights. It's disheartening to see that these types of policies existed in the past.
fatherless children and husbandless wives were the quintessential“dependents”
I don't think that because they didn't have a male in their lives to "take care of them" they were considered dependent as if they couldn't take care of themselves
enship. The system automatically allotted part ofman's pay to his wife and supplemented that with an allowance that vaing to the size of the
I didn't know this existed but it feeds into the idea of men being in charge and having control while women stay home.
However, while marriage plays this dual role in marking a monumentalevent in both the lives of individuals and the collective situation of the race,the moment itself appears not as a joyous celebration of freedom but ratheras a scene of great restraint.
I find it interesting how it represents both freedom and restraint. When it comes to women's rights in the old days I can see how this can be restraining
Dependency, we argue, is an ideological term. In currdiscourse it usually refers to the condition of poor womenwho maintain their families with neither a male breadwinner nor anadequate wage and who rely for economic support on a stingy andpolitically unpopular government program called Aid to Families withDependent Children (AFD
Dependency on welfare is very stigmatized as people perceive it as not being hard-working enough. Instead of viewing it as getting help, people perceive it as taking advantage of resources
T he inevitable
This says inevitable but I honestly didn't see this coming. I know AI was becoming more popular but not to this extent
“I remember the first time that a grading rubric was attached to a piece of my writing….Suddenly all the joy was taken away. I was writing for a grade — I was no longer exploring for me. I want to get that back. Will I ever get that back?”
I completely agree. I often feel the same way when I know I have to follow very specific guidelines and often find myself adding things to my paper just so it fits the rubric correctly but it feels forced