This is more of an econ question than a political or religions question, but it's one of those extremely touchy subjects, and it's likely to become political whatever my intentions. Also, I'm not questioning the validity of the welfare system, or who should qualify, or whether or not people should have to be drug tested, or any of that.
I simply want to know how and when the welfare system came into being. Is this one of those programs from before the McCarthy era? Is it something left over from the Great Depression? Was it a product of the recession of the 70's? Did we create the program back when we were drafting men into the military, as a way to compensate women and children whose only income just disappeared because of whichever war we were fighting at the time?
I simply want to know how and when the welfare system came into being. Is this one of those programs from before the McCarthy era? Is it something left over from the Great Depression? Was it a product of the recession of the 70's? Did we create the program back when we were drafting men into the military, as a way to compensate women and children whose only income just disappeared because of whichever war we were fighting at the time?
