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Solutions

Solutions. And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man - John F. Kennedy

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Solutions

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  1. Solutions And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man - John F. Kennedy A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away - Barry Goldwater

  2. Solutions • Provide income for childcare so that those on welfare can get the education needed; this can be limited to the length of the program plus 3 months aftewards to secure a job • Create plan that once a school skill is completed, job interviews are set up • On-the-job training that is set up to coincide with a pay raise increase for that skill

  3. Solutions • stronger incentives to change marital, work and childbearing behavior • 1 in 4 women who goes on welfare stays on it for 10 or more years. They tend to enter the program as younger women, often teen-agers, with children born out of wedlock. They are often poorly educated, and a majority are black or Hispanic. (Eckholm, 1992)

  4. Solutions cont., • Discourage irresponsible child bearing • The rate of births to unmarried teen-agers, who are most likely of all to need welfare and stay on it, is high • Two-thirds of all 1989 births to teen-agers (including 92 percent among blacks, 55 percent among whites) were out of wedlock, up from one-third in 1970 (Eckholm, 1992) • stronger efforts to collect money from absent fathers (Eckholm, 1992)

  5. More Solutions • those shifting from welfare to work must be assured access to medical insurance, and have their incomes bolstered with possible substantial tax relief and government assistance for those who are working • increasing refundable tax credits and raising the minimum wage, providing day care and insuring that all families have medical protection (Eckholm, 1992)

  6. Works Cited • Eckholm, Erik. "Solutions on Welfare: They All Cost Money." The New York Times. The New York Times, 26 July 1992. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/26/us/solutions-on-welfare-they-all-cost-money.html>.

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