Why do you think politicians are so much more interested in creating policies, like the 1996 welfare reform law, that reduce welfare dependency among the poor than in creating policies that limit corporate welfare?

First, read the 2 attached pdf readings and then using the provided link read the article, “America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People” by Lynn Parramore.

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/america-is-regressing-into-a-developing-nation-for-most-people%20

Next, follow this format and answer each question pertaining to its reading:

-Article: America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People by Lynn Parramore

1. Share one thing that stood out and your reaction to the article (5-6 sentences)

-Reading #1: The Problem with Welfare as We Know it by Derrick Jackson

1. List all the problems associated with government assistance to poor single mothers and all of the problems associated with government assistance to large corporations. Which set of welfare problems seems to you to be more harmful to our society?

2. Why do you think politicians are so much more interested in creating policies, like the 1996 welfare reform law, that reduce welfare dependency among the poor than in creating policies that limit corporate welfare?

-Reading #2: Providing Free Housing to the Homeless by Malcolm Gladwell

1. What are policymakers’ rationales for conceiving homelessness policy primarily in terms of those who are chronically homeless?

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