A History of American Response to Need Text Public Welfare From Social Welfare: A History of American Response to want text:
Read Chapter 7, “War and Prosperity: 1940ñ1968,” pages 217ñ247.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy stated that public welfare “must do more than a salvage operation, picking up the debris from the wreckage of human lives. Its emphasis must be directed increasingly toward prevention and rehabilitation. Poverty weakens individuals and nations.”
What does this statement mean to you? How does his statement apply today’s view of public welfare?
Reference
Kennedy, J. F. (1962). 28 – Special message to congress on public welfare programs. Retrieved from http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8758
