Saturday, February 19, 2011
Cameron Plans to Purge Welfare Incentives Not to Work
This article basically states that the welfare state approach by Britain's prime minister has too many loopholes where people can take advantage. Some people are making a lot more from being unemployed than working. Cameron wants to change this system so that there is more incentive to actively search for and find jobs. This shows one of the problems with maintaining a welfare state. It is similar to some of the problems associated with Sweden's welfare, as discussed in class. Although there are many positives to offering different forms of social welfare, it is clear that certain people will always try to take advantage of the system.
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I think the welfare reform would be a great idea because Britain has wasted so much money on unemployment benefits, which make the unemployed less motivated to search for job. It also creates unfairness and higher divorce rate, since single parents enjoy more benefits than couples. Britain should instead invest more money in education and health care system.
It seems like David Cameron is taking the right steps in moving toward a more efficient welfare system. David Cameron is clearly aware of the fact that a welfare system that overprovides to the people of a nation can discourage these people from pursuing work. I think it is wise of every nation to constantly reform their welfare system appropriately in order to avoid abuse of the system and in order to rid the system of all the loopholes that become pervasive in the nation.
Reducing the discouragement of the workers finding jobs for themselves is a good move by David Cameron by cutting or reducing the benefits. I suppose reforming the welfare state in an effort to make it more efficient rather than inefficient since the surplus of money is kind of getting dried up...
Implementing effective welfare will always proves to be a tough balance, one that can not and will not ever be perfected. Obviously Cameron is correct, some individuals may be abusing the system and creating one that incentivizes acquiring jobs would ideally be the correct step forward. He must be careful however, problems in receiving not enough money may arise, especially if the individual has several dependents.
David Cameron is trying to use incentives to make Britain's economic systems more efficient. Over providing the people with welfare has proven to make people act in a way that does not lead to the well-being of the economy as a whole.
I totally agree with the above comments that having a welfare system that ultimately discourages people from working, to put it mildly, is inefficient. But where do you draw the line? How much benefits do unemployed people deserve? Besides other issues with British welfare system, I think the problem is in long-term benefits that allow people to receive benefits for a long period.
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