Great link that puts your federal tax dollars into perspective
Thread asking for sources to address welfare stereotypes
7 FebOk, here it is (again): combatting the ever popular “all people on welfare are lazy, shiftless moochers who just need to get a job” sentiment. I’ve already pointed out the obvious, but I’m looking for strong sources to back me up (other than partisan or blog-type sources, which is what pops up first *face palm*).
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Rachael Goss Rodgers-Dillon and The Welfare Stigma. Its not stats, but experiences and I find it doesn’t enlighten every student, but it softens them a bit.
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Julie Anne I’ll have to check that out. Unfortunately, this person keeps on saying things about experiences that are anecdotal and to suggest that she thinks that everyone on welfare doesn’t want to work, that she’s tired of her tax dollars going to lazy people (which I informed her that the government spends more money on corporate welfare and subsidies), and on and on. If I can show her that many on welfare work, want to work, etc., I’m hoping to counter her anecdotal evidence.
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Rachael Goss Babbie, the importance of social research? But then, students like to say that its “outdated.”
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Georgia Bianchi I like to use some statistics: In 2011 Florida put in mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients, a move supported by many Floridians. The idea was that it would drastically reduce new recipients, because so many would fail the drug test – since they are not only lazy and shiftless, but addicts too, right?. In the end, the average fail rate was about 4%. People will always find a way to argue around it (see the end of the article) – but it is a good measure to propagate… http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2758871/floridas-welfare-drug-tests-cost.html
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Chris Malackany I too have encountered this problem. Here are some sources that have helped me in the past…hopefully they help you now:
1. Stumbled upon this from the book ‘Everything is obvious once you know the answer,’ which is a great read: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/08/24/lies-of-mass-destruction.html
2. Commentary and stats on the ‘entitlement’ society: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3677
3. ‘Deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor: http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/07/12/deserving-and-undeserving-welfare/
4. Review of Temporary Assistance to Need Families (TANF) with supporting stats: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=936
sociology through documentaries
3 Sephttp://sociologythroughdocumentaryfilm.pbworks.com/w/page/17194965/FrontPage
documentaries listed by sociological categories
The Price of Inequality Joesph Stiglitz
27 JulFor anyone who needs to hear a white, male economist say it, here Stiglitz discusses the grave inequality of our nation in this time and comparison to other nations.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/#tool_tip_0
In this exclusive, unedited interview, economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that past American innovators weren’t motivated by money and wouldn’t be deterred by higher taxes. (06:35)
Part 2 of the interview: In this exclusive, unedited interview, economist and author Joseph Stiglitz suggests ways to move workers out of manufacturing and into other economic spheres. (04:40)
Part 3: In this exclusive, unedited interview, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that Social Security needs only slight tweaks to remain viable. (05:05)
Water contamination
5 JulThe Frontline episode “Poisoned Waters” covers a lot of information on how our water becomes contaminated and the measures we’ve taken or not taken to prevent and clean up contamination. Strong connection to our food system and would be a good complement to a Food Inc or any other environmentally-minded lesson.
