Show THE WELFARE PROBLEM How flow would you like lik to have Robert Finch's job in the Nixon Administration Hes He's to be Secretary of Health Education and Welfare and he has to find a solution to the welfare problem Here are some of the facts facts' he must face Despite the general prosperity of the nation nation na na- tion almost 3 million new names have been added to fo the relief rolls in the past 10 years More Hore than 10 million persons now receive welfare welfare wel wel- fare payments The Mayor of New York City states that of that 10 million are on the relief rolis rolls in his city and that an additional persons persons per per- sons are being added each month In passing it should be noted that the budget of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City is now larger than that for the entire entire en en- tire State of New York The City's budget is 61 billion the budget for the State is slightly slight slight- ly under 6 billion The Mayor has hu asked the Governor to tomake tomake tomake make all aU relief payments out of State funds The Governor has demanded that the Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral erl Government take over all relief payments pay ments throughout the 50 States In New York there are no residency re- re Thus what is called unnatural migration has brought thousands of persons to the State and City's relief rolls from across the nation In Mississippi according to fl Ii urns ures for 1966 1166 aid to a family with witha a dependent dependent dependent dent child was per month in New York it was 50 83 per month Those who advocate total Federal Government Government Gov Gov- responsibility for welfare payments contend that only about 3 persons out of every 10 who are eligible are in fact receiving welfare welfare wel wel- fare assistance e. e In other words they insist that present local and state programs are restrictive restrictive restrictive re re- and that the number of persons receiving receiving re re- welfare payments payments' should be upwards of rather than the now receiving aid ald What would a uniform Federal Welfare program cost Some estimates run as high as billion a year How much would Congress appropriate How much can the taxpayer afford Will riot conditions be fomented if t the e program program pro- pro program gram is not expanded Will taxpayers rebel if it is We dont don't know the answer If you do contact Bob Finch |