Impoverished Children suffer because of current Welfare failure

In this world, sometimes I think we forget that children are our future. Without them, our world would not function, nor would it be able to last very long. I have always tried to model myself to be a child advocate, yet as I grow older, I realize that more causes compete for my time, such as Conservative values, Senior Citizens issues and protection, traditional family values, and more, but child issues will always hold a special place in my heart. We see commercials to feed the children, yet they are not referring to the 12.9 million children who were impoverished in the United States (2005 statistics). They were referring to other countries in Africa, Asia, South America, and yes even in industrialized European countries. Americans sadly do not like to hear about American poverty, because it goes against the grain of modern public policies, and to admit there is American poor, and hungry American children, would be to admit that Democrat’s policies of Welfare are not working effectively. Most of these children who live in poverty learn the hard way to work themselves up, but also too many have an increased risk of developing criminal records through drug trafficking or joining gangs which is talked about less and less, but still posses a risk to tomorrow's generation. Yet sometimes these children fall victim to sometime more dreadful than drugs or gangs, which is underachieving parents. Our Welfare system as it stands does not encourage some families to make it without governmental help. Some would suggest for this reason alone the Welfare system must be scrapped, and I could not DISagree more! The system was created with the best of intentions, and helped many of our parents and grandparents during times of great need not only within their family, but within our country! Poverty is by no means as prevalent as it once was, but what must be prevented is a deterioration of our nation’s goodwill through greed, laziness, and disgrace, leaving families who legitimately try out in the cold and reward those who take advantage of the system with an unlimited amount of resources. I have volunteered my whole life, striving to mandate community service in many of the organizations I have been in charge of in order to give back to a community and a nation which has given me so much, and to see that others give to a society in which allows us to help others without receiving any form of payment other than humility. Many children need our help, and we can not allow the laziness of a few to destroy the integrity of a system that with timetables, or other incentives could be changed to benefit all, protect the children, and encourage progress while still helping those who desperately need our assistance. Stand up and join the fight against childhood poverty by fighting against the political norm!