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I need some guidance for a paper on social welfare and poverty dating from the colonial period to the present. I have to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of social welfare and poverty.

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This solution helps explore ideas on how to start a project on comparing and contrasting past and present social welfare programs in the United States

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If it is asking you to address Social Welfare from the colonial period to current day, I would address it from a historical cause and affect stand point. A few examples of this may be:

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