Unit 2 Assignment 2 Income Support Policies

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Module 2 Assignment 2: Income Support Policies The United States has many different programs that can help families and individuals that are in need. These programs or policies are to help people in poverty and to keep them from being homeless and starving. No one likes to see someone suffering and that is why they have made different welfare options for a person to apply for if needed. SSI or supplemental security income is an income support policy for people that are 65 years old or for a person that has a disability who is unable to work to support themselves. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is another government policy that helps needy families with assistance and work opportunities and promotes work, responsibility and self-sufficiency. Not every person is accepted into these programs but the ones who really need it are able to apply and get the support they need to be able to pay bills, or feed their families. Liberals are more likely to support more of an equality of opportunity than equality of social conditions. However, they also believe that society should help those in poverty. With that being said the polices of welfare are supported especially when it comes to making sure that children and the elderly are taken care of when they cannot take care of themselves. Conservatives believe that these welfare policies’ can make a person feel as though they deserve these benefits which will lead to employers with people who think…show more content…
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