The welfare system was created before the start of government welfare programs. The system was created to help single mothers, disabled children, unemployment and underemployment. The system offers many different ways to help, such as: cash assistance, food stamps, employment assistance, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The system has helped many families in need and continues to help many families. Many Americans have now begun to receive help from the system. So people will get help from the system and stay there just because it's free. In the article (Why Stop Receiving Welfare) by Michael Tanner, he made a statement saying: But there is also evidence that many are reluctant to accept available job opportunities. Despite work requirements included in welfare reform of 1996, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that fewer than 42 percent of adult welfare recipients participate in work-related activities on a national scale. national. Why this contradiction? » As we see from the statement above, many people have taken full advantage of the program and are using it for the wrong reasons. Herman D. Sten admitted that "our society has never trusted the poor and especially those who must receive economic assistance." The majority of Americans who receive help from the system are not poor. Then you have people who repeatedly have children just to get more money in food stamps. In his book The Welfare Debate, Robert Emmet Long said that "these chronic recipients have become the real source of public concern about welfare in recent years and rightly so." Americans are misusing benefits. This is why reliance on the welfare system should be avoided, as it is seen as a constraint for many Americans... in the middle of the newspaper... and on the web. March 17, 2014. “The Ministry of Internal Affairs”. Better public services. Np, and Web. March 17, 2014. .Long, Robert Emmet. The welfare debate. New York: Wilson, 1989. Print. Sten, Herman D. “The Social Welfare Crisis.” The Welfare Crisis in Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University, 1969. 10. Print. Tanner, Michael. "Social assistance: a better deal than work | Revue nationale en ligne." National Review Online. Np, and Web. March 16, 2014. .Tanner, Michael. “Why stop receiving social assistance? » Why stop receiving social assistance? Np, and Web. April 2. 2014. .