1697 Badging of the Poor Law

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1697 Badging of the Poor Law

Act required everyone getting welfare, including the wife and kids of the head of the household, to wear a badge on their right shoulder.

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1697 Badging of the Poor Law MEANS

The badge was seen as a way to prevent what we now call the "welfare trap" or "poverty trap," where people might choose to stay on benefits instead of working.

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The benefits

Push people to work by adding shame to getting benefits

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Example of welfare trap

the idea of a “welfare queen”—someone seen as relying on benefits instead of working.

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Example of 1697 Badging of the Poor Law in US

EBT card identifies people as assistance users which lead to social stigma, similar to the effects of the badges in the 1697 law.