SOC 2280 Lecture Notes - Seaboard Corporation, Social Darwinism, Agribusiness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2280
• Professor: Linda Hunter

Document Summary

Part of the problem lies in the widespread assumptions and beliefs that the poor are undeserving. Welfare in the united states: myths and realities: people on welfare are lazy and have no work ethic. Single parents on welfare already do work they do the work of parenting, which is invaluable even though we do not place a monetary value on it. Secondly, most adults receiving public assistance are either employed or in the labor force looking for work. Nevertheless, there are not enough jobs especially for low-skill workers: welfare encourages single women to have children. Mothers receiving welfare have no more children, on average, than women in the general population. Research consistently shows that receiving welfare does not significantly increase out-of-wedlock births: once on welfare, always on welfare. Although some people obtain welfare benefits through fraudulent means, it is much more common for people who are eligible to receive welfare to not receive benefits.