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→History: Private charities prior to the entitlement state
==History==
==History==
The first welfare program in the United States was established in 1921 by the passage of the [[Sheppard–Towner Act]], which saw its repeal in 1929.
The first welfare program in the United States was established in 1921 by the passage of the [[Sheppard–Towner Act]], which saw its repeal in 1929.
Prior to the proliferation of government-controlled welfare programs, private charitable agencies reached all corners of the country. One historian notes that "So rapidly did private agencies multiply that before long America's larger cities had what to many people was an embarrassing number of them."<ref name="Trattner">[https://books.google.com/books?id=r0PZdo5fXfgC&pg=PA91 From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition: A History of Social Welfare in America]</ref><ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/objectivist/2011/11/18/america-before-the-entitlement-state/#32c6f52c3d44 America Before The Entitlement State]</ref>
In 1878, the city of Philadelphia alone had nearly 800 such agencies in one form or another.<ref name="Trattner" />
The modern welfare system was established by President [[Franklin Roosevelt]], and extended by [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as part of the [[Great Society]]. Opponents say that the top 50% of Americans pay over 96% of the taxes.<ref>[http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/250.html]</ref> Supporters may cite the supposed effectiveness of Roosevelt's policies to help end the Great Depression.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/overview.htm</ref> Welfare also comes in the forms of [[food stamp]]s, free school lunches, and [[Medicaid]].
The modern welfare system was established by President [[Franklin Roosevelt]], and extended by [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as part of the [[Great Society]]. Opponents say that the top 50% of Americans pay over 96% of the taxes.<ref>[http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/250.html]</ref> Supporters may cite the supposed effectiveness of Roosevelt's policies to help end the Great Depression.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/overview.htm</ref> Welfare also comes in the forms of [[food stamp]]s, free school lunches, and [[Medicaid]].