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Position Paper – Part Four

Name: Kevin Ly

Instructions: Please use this form as an organizer for writing your portion of your group position paper. You will be writing the conclusion to the paper. You should clearly and thoroughly summarize your groups problem and your solution. Be persuasive and convincing in your conclusion why you believe that you have identified the best solution to your problem. Be sure to follow the MLA citation format that you used when completing your JRP. You will also complete the Annotated Bibliography – gather all sources from your issue group members and compile into one annotated bibliography

VII. Conclusion: Be sure to restate the problem and why you think your solution is the best possible course of action.

The problem with America's current welfare system is that it is draining the state's and government's income which could be used to help the people who would need welfare from ever needing it by supplementing educational programs to keep kids in school and minimizing teen pregnancy. The money could also help with the U.S. debt which seems to never be paid since it just keeps going up and up. To combat this national problem, the U.S. welfare system should be eliminated in every circumstance except for single mothers/fathers with a child and military veterans. Too many people are abusing the current welfare system by taking money for free from taxpayers for things that are not neccessary. Although most people would want to keep welfare, they do not want to pay for it.

VIII. Annotated Bibliography: Collect all the sources from your fellow issue group members and compile one ANNOTATED Bibliography.

Metzler, Rebekah. “Debate Looms on Reforming Welfare System.” //Portland Press Herald// 24 Jan. 2011: n. pag. //ProQuest 5000//. Web. 20 Feb. 2011. This article helped because it shows that some people use their welfare cards for bad things such as alcohol, cigarettes, and lottery tickets. Some people are asking where their money is going for welfare and why they have to pay for people to live when they could get jobs. Smith, Joanne Huist. “Welfare Drains Cash from Social Services.” //Dayton Daily News// 21 Dec. 2010: n. pag. //ProQuest 5000//. Web. 20 Feb. 2011. This article talks about how welfare has taken money away from social services and community based programs to help needy families which has taken more than half of the income for these such things. This shows how much money is being taken to help families who have too many problems to begin with to give more money too them.

“To combat welfare fraud, states reach for debit cards. Forty states can now track where welfare recipients speind their money.” //ProQuest//. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. . This article held good insight to how welfare is conducted through cards in fourty states in the U.S. Cards can be tracked to where they have been used in case of fraudulant use. This will keep the people who will be eligible to use welfare to be investigated at any time. This card system should be mandated in every state. Food Stamps are also a bit embarrasing for the recipient to use. “Welfare Dependency.” //Issues: Understanding controversy and Society//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2011. This article helped in the origin of the welfare system which was created in 1979. It shows hoe much money is being taken from welfare. “Welfare Reform: Overview.” //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2011. This article talks about what welfare is and whaty has happened to welfare over the years. This helps to understand welfare and why it is not needed in America.

“Legal issues after Hurricane Katrina.” //Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. . This article talks about the effects of Hurricane Katrina and how the people affected by it would need to have welfare and the problems it is causing. This gives an example of how welfare is growing to absurbed proportions. “Welfare Dependency.” //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. . This article talks about wellfare in the world and its historical significance and the problems that face the overall use of welfare and what it does to people.