The Reluctant Welfare State

1
The Reluctant Welfare State

• Chapters 9 10
• Deyanira Gonzalez
• Aubrey Parker
• Sandy Turner
• October 21, 2002
• Social Policy and Services 510

2
Presidents

• 1933-45 Roosevelt
• 1945-52 Truman
• 1953-60 Eisenhower
• 1961-63 Kennedy
• 1963-68 Johnson
• 1969-74 Nixon
• 1974-76 Ford
• 1977-80 Carter

3
Harry S. Truman

• 1946 Full Employment Act
• Society during this time was experiencing post
  WWII economic prosperity and uninterested in
  social reform.

4
Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Every dollar spent on guns is a dollar not spent
  on humanitarian programs. -DDE
• Social Security Expansion
• Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  (1953).

5
John F. Kennedy

• Thought poverty was just a complex, solvable
  problem.
• Fence Rider
• 1963 - Community Mental Health Centers Act.
• Increased military spending and decreased social
  spending.

6
Lyndon B. Johnson

• Perfect timing for the War on Poverty after
  JFKs assassination.
• 1963 Equal Pay Act.
• 1964 - Civil Rights Act Food Stamps Program.
• 1965 - Medicare Medicaid.
• One criticism of Johnson was his quantity vs.
  quality approach to social policy.

7
Richard M. Nixon

• 1970 Food Stamp Reform.
• 1972 Social Security Act Provision.
• 1974 Title XX of Social Security Act.
• 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit.
• High unemployment and inflation led to a
  reduction in social spending.

8
Gerald R. Ford

• Vetoed many social programs and limited
  legislation during his tenure.
• Due to the circumstances and length of his
  presidency, Ford was reluctant to make political
  waves.

9
James E. Carter, Jr.

• Enacted limited social legislation due to his
  political style as well as a difficult political
  and economic environment.
• 1980 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act.
• Anti-abortion prevented the use of Medicaid
  funds for abortions.

10
Increases in Social Spending

• In 20 years, social spending increased roughly
  five times the amount in 1960.
• The wide range of programs allowed families to
  improve their quality of life.

11
Outgroups

• Women
• Sought equal rights and equal pay.
• National Organization of Women formed by Betty
  Freidan.

• Homosexuals
• 1967 - National Institute of Mental Health
  declared homosexuals to be normal and promoted
  tolerance.
• Gay Liberation Movement.

12
Outgroups

• Latinos
• 1950 Cesar Chavez organized the United Farm
  Workers Organization.

• African Americans
• 1957-68 Martin Luther King, Jr. led nonviolent
  protests for equal civil rights.