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Shame Tiffany Tripp Dr. Noon an Eng. 1005 7/21/2013

People on welfare should not feel ashamed if they are on assistance for the right reason. A form of welfare called the” British poor laws” can be traced back to the colonial days. These laws protected and cared for the sick, elderly and people who were unable to care for themselves. The welfare we still know today was started in the 1935 by President Roosevelt during the hardest time of the depression. The government stepping in to give a helping hand to people in need, people without jobs, people who couldn’t feed their families, mentally challenged who physically could not care for themselves, elderly who could no longer work. The programs that the government created back then and are still running today were designed to give the American people a leg up. There is no shame in taking aid when you have fallen on hard times. It may be my Christian roots but to me the word Shame means to be embarrassed of something you have done, something wrong or dishonorable. The people who should be ashamed of being on welfare are the people who abuse it. The person who could physically work but just doesn’t want to, or the mother how gets her nails done weekly and always has new clothes but can’t feed her child, or the druggy who sells there food stamps for cash. But for some reason these people see nothing wrong with what they are doing and feel the government owes them. However the single mom who is working three jobs just to put food on the table for her kids, or the elderly people who do not use heat in the winter because they can’t afford it, are the one who deserve aid. Unfortunately the people, who need and are worthy of it, seem to be the ones who feel ashamed by taking it

I agree with your thoughts Tiffany just a few typos on spelling or the mother how - I beleive you meant to say who and druggie who sells "their" food stamps