When did it become ok for Americans not to work?

[ABNsurveyor]

When did it become OK for Americans not to work?


http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/01/when-did-it-become-ok-for-americans-not-to-work/?intcmp=obinsite#ixzz1v8RSSQdD

 

[jms]

Last night on O'Rielly ,he said 36% of American workers are carrying the load of the all America on their backs . At this rate we cannot stand . I remember LBJ saying in 1965 he was going to help the poor with WAR on Poverety . Go figure.

 

[Gus McCrae]

When did it become OK for Americans not to work?


http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/01/when-did-it-become-ok-for-americans-not-to-work/?intcmp=obinsite#ixzz1v8RSSQdD

The Welfare system in the United States began in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. After the Great Society legislation of the 1960s, for the first time a person who was not elderly or disabled could receive need-based aid from the federal government.[17][dubious – discuss] Aid could include general Welfare payments, health care through Medicaid, food stamps, special payments for pregnant women and young mothers, and federal and state housing benefits.[17] In 1968, 4.1% of families were headed by a woman receiving Welfare assistance; by 1980, the percentage increased to 10%.[17] In the 1970s, California was the U.S. state with the most generous Welfare system.[18] Virtually all food stamp costs are paid by the taxpayers.[19] In 2008, 28.7 percent of the households headed by single women were considered poor.[20] The poverty rate for single-mother families in 2010 jumped to 40.7% compared to 8.8% for married-couple families.[21] California, with 12% of the U.S. population, has one-third of the nation's welfare recipients.[22]

In 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act changed the structure of Welfare payments and added new criteria to states that received Welfare funding. After reforms, which President Clinton said would "end Welfare as we know it,"[19] amounts from the federal government were given out in a flat rate per state based on population.[23][dead link] Each state must meet certain criteria to ensure recipients are being encouraged to work themselves out of Welfare. The new program is called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).[24][25] It encourages states to require some sort of employment search in exchange for providing funds to individuals, and imposes a five-year lifetime limit on cash assistance.[19][24][26] In FY 2009, white families comprised 31.2% of TANF families, black families comprised 33.3%, and 28.8% were Hispanic.[25]

In a 2011 article, Forbes reported, "The best estimate of the cost of the 185 federal means tested Welfare programs for 2010 for the federal government alone is nearly $700 billion, up a third since 2008, according to the Heritage Foundation. Counting state spending, total Welfare spending for 2010 reached nearly $900 billion, up nearly one-fourth since 2008 (24.3%)".[27]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare#United_States

You're welcome.

 

[jimdana1942]

When did it become OK for Americans not to work?


http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/01/when-did-it-become-ok-for-americans-not-to-work/?intcmp=obinsite#ixzz1v8RSSQdD

In 1964.

 

[Bosco]

When did articles like this become newsworthy?