This persuasive speech discusses the problem of welfare abuse and proposes solutions. It outlines that welfare abuse has led to economic difficulties, higher poverty, and lower incomes. Further, welfare provides disincentives for work, marriage, training and education by altering preferences. Statistics show high rates of families leaving and returning to welfare within years. The speech proposes solutions like drug testing and enforcing time limits on welfare to curb abuse of the system.

1. WELFARE ABUSE:
PERSUASIVE SPEECH
By:
Megan Kelly

2.  Wouldn’t you like to know if your hard earned
tax money is going to people that are using
their welfare in need or they are simply
beating the system.

3. Main Points
 Problem of welfare abuse
 Causes of this abuse
 Discuss possible solutions

4. Major problems
 Experienced economic difficulties
 Higher incidence of poverty
 Lower net incomes
 Fewer hours of labor supplied

5. Negative Impacts
 Incentive not to work
 Alters preferences towards:
 Work
 Marriage
 Training
 Education

6. Statistics
 70% of families leave within two years
 90% of families leave within five years
 45% of families return within a year
 70% of families return by the end of five years

7. Solutions
 DRUGTESTING!
 Enforce time limits on welfare

8.  “We should measure welfare’s success by how
many people leave welfare, not by how many
are added.”