After the great recession hit in late 2007, federal and state governments cut

Welfare programs for the poor

Following the recession and the economic slowdown resulting from it, the federal government and state governments cut back on social programs aimed at the poor. This led to increased hardships among families’ dependent on these programs

the monroe doctrine is the best known u.s. policy toward the western hemisphere. buried in a routine annual message delivered to congress by president james monroe in december 1823, the doctrine warns european nations that the united states would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.