This progressive tax is the largest source of government revenue.
What is personal income tax?
100
This program gives free health care to individuals over 65
What is Medicare?
100
These types of programs aim to prevent people from entering poverty
What is social insurance?
100
This is the US policy that 12 weeks of unpaid leave
What is FMLA?
100
This spending funds Social Security, SNAP, UI, Medicare and is about 40% of entire federal budget
What is mandatory spending?
200
Social Security, UI, and Medicare are funded by this tax
What is payroll tax?
200
These programs are often thought of as a safety net for specific "deserving" populations
What is welfare/public assistance?
200
This program is block-granted and is provided to families with children who meet work requirements and means-tested
What is TANF?
200
After adopting Keynesian theory, these two types of policies are how the government actively intervenes in the economy to promote full employment, stable prices, and economic growth
What are fiscal and monetary policies?
200
This economic event was due, in large part, to the housing market crash
What is the Great Recession?
300
A tax expenditure that reduces the amount you pay in taxes directly
What is tax credit?
300
This program is an entitlement and means-tested program for people who are 65 and older, blind, and/or disabled
What is SSI?
300
This program is a means-tested, entitlement program that provides a near-cash benefit
What is SNAP?
300
A person of color not getting hired at a job due to lower educational achievement based on discrimination in their school is an example of this
What is nonmarket discrimination?
300
This housing policy allows individuals to choose their home from the private housing market
What are housing vouchers?
400
Home mortgages are one of these types of tax expenditures
What are tax deductions?
400
This program is provided through the tax code
What is EITC?
400
This social insurance program varies by states and the benefit varies by individual based on previous earnings
What is Unemployment Insurance?
400
This marriage policy was passed in the 90's and was ruled unconstitutional in 2013
What is DOMA?
400
A company relies on current employees to recruit job candidates, and therefore tends to have only one type of race or ethnicity employed at their company is an example of this type of discrimination
What is institutional discrimination?
500
If Betty owes $300 dollars in taxes, and is eligible for a $700 EITC benefit, what is her net benefit?
What is $400.
500
This set of legislations enacted the original version of what we now call Social Security
What is The New Deal?
500
Medicaid is funded by this mechanism, which requires state and federal government to jointly fund the program based on the number of people in need
What is matching grant?
500
This act added protections from hate crimes based on perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability
What is the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009)
500
This organization of researchers was one of the main designers of the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)