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    Marquita Hilliard inglish-H. Prof, Connie Douglas Rhetorical Analysis Does Welfare Reform Actually Help or Not Welfare Reform has become a trending topic, does it help or hinder? “The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which is a bill that despite its obscure title represented the most expensive revision of federal welfare policy in more than 30 years, Among other things the bill ended the legal entitlement to welfare benefits, established time limits and work requirements for participation in the program, and gave states much more authority to establish other requirements and restrictions.” ‘There are two articles written in Poverty and Homelessness in 2009 which Michael Tanner gives his opinion and research on how the welfare reform has helped people out of poverty. In the other article Stephanie Pimpare gives her opinion and research on how welfare reform has increased poverty, Michael Tanner xray bow welfare has not been perfect but with the requirements and restrictions that are i establish how welfare reform actually helps family seek work and to beldependent although there are still some long term recipients remaining on the dependency of welfare assistance. Stephanie Pimpare expresses that although welf rolls have been cut in half (although in many states they are on the rise again), the reform has pushed many women off the polls and makes it hard for others to get on. Reading stephanie Pimpare article “A People’s History of Poverty in America” the ir “04 a reader age edbvith the welfare reform pushes people off and makes it harc!for others to get on. “Reform proponents have also made much of the fact that poverty rates fell in the mid-1990s, but there is no evidence to suggest that welfare reform was the cause, Instead, it was more likely the result of modestly higher wages at the lower end of the labor market, thanks to the relatively low Marquita Hillictd English Prof. Connie Douglas Rhetorical Analysis unemployment of the recent boom; families working more hours; and the expansion of the Eared Income Tax Credit (which, while a gemuine boon to the working poor, is also a government subsidy to employers who pay low wages)."(Pimpare) Stephanie addresses how welfare reform has inereased poverty, then she goes into how recipients are strgeling, She informs readers as to why welfare reform keeps people in poverty ie reason being thatthe working people wages simply haven't kept up, “According to the Urban Institute, one-third to ‘one-half of those who left welfare had difficulty providing food for their families, Half or more former recipients are poor (many are poorer than they were before), and some sixty percent of i those who left the solls in 2002 were unemployed’ This author supports her reasoning with facts ce | i A over opinions, she has statistics and she did research from 1980 into the latest of 2004. i a In reading the “The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society” the reader (ots) Some agreed that making'requirements and restrictions, more people seek employment and get off of welfare assistance so others will be able to get assistance. The author wants his audience to be informed that there has been a large drop in child poverty from 20% in 1996 to 17.8% in 2006. Because of the welfare reform female- headed households have been asec and encouraged to seek education and employment. Although some who have found employment still need and receive some type of assistance,but not as much as those who have no employment. The author has given the readers many points from how most American liberals predicted disaster, Into ten years the welfare polls had decreased. The author could of given his readers a little more evidence by’ quoting actual individuals experiences about being on welfare and getting off of ‘welfare and how it has work for them, The author made many valid points but he should have given more facts with statistics and not just opinions. His point could have been made more Nex ita Hilliard hj12-79. ProbCinmie Douglas Rhetorical Analysis. clearly and creditable if'he would have given his readers more sourves and statisties to prove that ‘welfare reform has helped people get out of poverty. Author Stephanie Pimpare article “A People’s History of Poverty in America” is more effective because she gives us facts and more research on her topic. Although Stephanie had more facts in her article verses opinions, Author Michael Tanner article “The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society” is more appealing to readers because he gets personal Cash and it’s eter to understand, Bach article says that there are many views on the ongoing WelZare Reform and that every experienee is different.

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