The erosion of the welfare state in the United States
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Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Recent reforms to the welfare policy: The wrong direction.
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- President Carter's efforts to have the United States recognize and respect economic human rights.
- Bush administration: Enhancing the protection of free trade and reducing government interference.
- Conclusion.
- Bibliography.
Abstract
For more than a century welfare states have developed both in Western Europe and in North America. The welfare state is based on the idea that the state or the government should be responsible for maintaining a certain level of service for its citizens. This is a model whereby the state assumes the responsibility for the welfare if its citizens. In a welfare state, there is a social safety net, which provides for a minimum level of housing, subsistence and health care. However these welfare states all come at a price, as the resources to fund these programs must come from the tax base, which in turn creates a system where the citizenry is subsidizing many people. There are arguments on both sides of the welfare state debate, with one side saying that we have a responsibility to our fellow people to not let them suffer because of a lack of resources, and the other saying that a welfare state creates a sense of entitlement and dependence among the people, and hard working tax payers should not be asked to subsidize this.
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