Social welfare in the United States Who deserves to benefit? Insistence that it be only those who cannot help themselves Slow, steady change in deserving/undeserving line Alternative view: fair share of national income; government redistribute money Preference to give services, not money, to help deserving poor Late arrival of welfare policy Behind twenty-two European nations Contrast with Great Britain in 1908 Influence of federalism Federal involvement "illegal" until 1930s Experiments by state governments Argued against federal involvement because state already providing welfare Lobbied for federal involvement to help states Majoritarian welfare programs Social Security Act of 1935 Great Depression of 1929: local relief overwhelmed
ch. 17 social welfare
Social welfare in the United States Who deserves to benefit? Insistence that it be only those who cannot help themselves Slow, steady change in deserving/undeserving line Alternative view: fair share of national income; government redistribute money Preference to give services, not money, to help deserving poor Late arrival of welfare policy Behind twenty-two European nations Contrast with Great Britain in 1908 Influence of federalism Federal involvement "illegal" until 1930s Experiments by state governments Argued against federal involvement because state already providing welfare Lobbied for federal involvement to help states Majoritarian welfare programs Social Security Act of 1935 Great Depression of 1929: local relief overwhelmed
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