Social Welfare Policies
What is ______ tax?/Programs
Income,Poverty, and Public Policy
100
policies that provide benefits to individuals, either through entitlements or means testing.
What is social welfare policies.
100
a tax by which the government takes a greater share of the income of the rich than of the poor.
What is progressive tax.
100
The feminization of poverty refers to
What is the high incidence of poverty among unmarried mothers and their children.
200
Created both the Social Security program and a national assistance program for poor families, usually called Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
What is Social Security Act of 1935
200
A tax by which the government takes the same share of income from everyone, rich and poor alike.
What is proportional tax.
200
The United States Bureau of Censusʹ definition of the poverty line takes into account
What a family would need to spend for an austere standard of living and the size of the family.
300
Federal spending on social programs ________ spending on the military and homeland security.
what is considerably higher than.
300
A tax that takes a larger percentage from low-income people than from high-income people.
What is regressive tax.
300
The poverty line is measured by
Is taking into account what a family would need to spend to maintain an ʺaustereʺ standard of living.
400
Characterize the distribution of wealth and income in the United States.
Wealth is more unequally distributed than income.
400
A "negative income tax" that provides income to very poor individuals in lieu of charging them federal income taxes.
What is EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit)
400
Governmentʹs main tools for influencing the distribution of income and wealth are
What is income taxation and expenditure policies.
500
Compared to the general population, poverty is least common in
What is the elderly.
500
Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance are examples of_________?
What is Government Expenditures.
500
Which of the presidents did not accept or expand many of the programs initiated under Johnsonʹs ʺWar on Povertyʺ?
What is Ronald Reagan.
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