Core Studies 3 Casilda Adames Take-Home Exam November 16, 1999 The ruling ideology dealing with welfare is a negative view among the majority of Americans. It states that welfare recipients are lazy people who have lots of children and collect checks for a long period of time. This statement is believed mostly among higher-class people because they feel that if they can work hard for their money, welfare recipients can do the same, and not live off other …showed first 75 words of 511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 511 total…upon themselves to protect welfare and other programs from being cut, in contrast to universal programs such as Medicare and Social which are politically supported. Universal programs have helped reducing poverty among mostly the elderly and not the younger welfare recipients. This dominant ideology contained among the American society is just one of many, that shows the degree of inequality in our society today and how poor are perceived through the rest of the society.