The governement creates many good programs to facilitate comprehensive care for its constituents. There are many people however that take the opportunity to abuse the system and ease their financial burden by relying on government help. Some of the largest programs provided by the governemnt includes Social Security, which provides the elderly with a monthly pension. Another great program the government provides is unemployment benefits. Some people require a little bit of assistance until they can find a new job, especially since it is difficult to find a good job at the moment (The Politics of Power, p 319). The Social Security seems to be well deserved due to the fact people work their whole lives and pay taxes, so when the time comes for them to retire it seems just for them to be able to recieve a monthly pension (The Politics of Power, p 320). Equity becomes threatened however when programs become easy to abuse. Sometimes it is difficult to find a job because people may get laid off from work or just be unable to find a good job, however it is also possible for people to be just lazy and depend on the government to support them instead of making the effort to find a job. The seperation from the people who rightfully deserve help and the abusers is what makes it difficult to ensure equity. The government has developed many good programs to help people who need it because of low income, the only challenge is to separate the people who really need it from the people who don't.
I used this cartoon because it went well with an article I was reading for my Economics class the other day about the U.S. treasury reaching the debt ceiling and I though that it was interesting. Here is the link for that:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/04/news/economy/debt_ceiling_deadline/index.htm
References:
The Politics of Power: Ira Katznelson, Mark Kesselman, and Alan Draper
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