RUNNING HEADER: My Philosophy on Social Welfare
My Philosophy on Social Welfare
Bergen Community College
Course: Introduction to Human Services
Prof. Dawn Fitzgerald, MSW, LCADC
Ralph Antinori
I. Introduction
It can be said that the status of modern America is where it stands now on account of its wealth and economic power. In spite of this reality there is much disparity considering the affluent and the underprivileged. In order to bridge the seeming divide between the two classes, the government has placed measures where people can utilize opportunities for development and continued respectable existence of the underprivileged.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is primarily a refundable tax credit that works in reducing or eventually eliminating taxes being paid by lower income classes. According to Meim, this likewise acts too as a conduit in facilitating a wage subsidy for low income workers (1987). It was enacted for several years beginning in 1975 where it became a major tax bill. The EITC began as a modest program that is designed to offset the Social Security payroll tax for low-income families with children. It became one of the biggest legislative landmarks in the US that caters to poverty alleviation which enjoys solid support from both parties in Congress.
For years both conservative and liberal experts traded insults over the poverty alleviation. The Liberals accused conservatives of extreme cold-heartedness. Meanwhile, conservatives claimed that liberal welfare policies coddled the poor and kept them from improving their lives. But the dawn of the early 1990s saw a significant softening of the long domestic cold war over antipoverty policies. Many liberals came to see meri ...