According to Van Wormer and Link (2015), the faith that even the most disreputable or downtrodden of clients can find some progress in life if they are treated with respect while working on their difficulties is an inherent part of the social work imagination. However, for true progress to occur, there need to be societal changes that attend to the fundamental notions of justice and equality. Do you think that such notions of justice and equality are reflected in the social welfare programming in the United States, which is termed by Bruce Jensson as the “reluctant” welfare state?