The Importance of Social Welfare
The phrase “social welfare” is used to describe all of the initiatives implemented to improve community or societal wellbeing. Social welfare laws are made to guarantee that people live in a healthy environment. Additionally, social welfare policies make sure that the government is helping needy families and that there are enough social services available.
Social Welfare Policies to Address Social Issues
States create their social welfare policies in response to issues with social welfare. Child abuse is one such social issue. To address this issue, the American government developed regulations (the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974). Social welfare programs are crucial because they boost economic expansion. Additionally, these policies ensure that the prices of goods and services do not rise.
The Role of Social Welfare Policies in Society
Those who formulate social welfare policies are those at the top management level. They make such policies based on their preferences, ideologies, traditions, and beliefs. As a result, some people are disadvantaged at the expense of others. Social welfare policies in America play a significant role in softening the inequalities created in the marketplace thus ensuring that the society is stable.
The Social Security Act and Government Funding
Keynesian economics states that governments can solve inflation by, for instance, increasing taxes on goods and services while conservative economics says that there exist buyers and sellers who have perfect knowledge of the market and can exit the market when they wish to. In 1935, America passed the Social Security Act. This Act allows the government to tax the rich in the society thus acquiring revenue that is used to fund social programs for the poor (Stoez and Karger, 2014).
Proposed Policies to Solve Social Welfare Problems
Liberal democrats, Keynesians, and conservative intellectuals have proposed several policies to solve social welfare problems. Health savings accounts is a policy that has been proposed by conservatives as a way of controlling health costs. Such policies should only be implemented if they will result in the improvement of the quality of life for the ordinary American citizens.
References
Stoesz, D., & Karger, H. J. (2014). American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach. 7th edition. Pearson Education, Inc. Prentice Hall.
