So far in Social Work 200/201

I am learning alot about what social work is and how much different profession all work together. Social work is part of social welfare. There are many other professions such as psychiatry, psychology and political science that addressed social welfare. All these different forces combien to help solve a specific issue in society. Im also learning more about the past such as the Elizabethan Poor Law that said that only children or people who are disabled or bling are eligable for government assistance. Most of these factors still apply today such as applying for medicare and medicaid. Im learning more about what the government does to help those in need and the values of liberals and conservatives. I never really understood the difference betweeen the two and how the government dispences is money to help until I learned in class. I learned that conservatives would rather give money to business's to help boost economy where as liberals feel its best to give money to the people itself to be able to buy goods from business's. There are downsides to both liberals and conservatives views on the economy. If you give money to the people they may not spend the money to boost economy and if conservatives give money to the business's they may not make do as promised and use their money in other ways that will not be benefical to society. There needs to be some type of middle person to help ensure that whoever gets money or asssistance from the governemnt is spending the money in the correct way. I never realy thought about issues like this until I learned this information in class. :)