What are income-maintenance programs? Mention the two general categories of income-maintenance programs

What will be an ideal response?


Modern governments have taken on the responsibility of assisting those in need through a variety of programs called income-maintenance programs that provide them with some minimal level of resources. In the United States, these programs can be divided into two general categories: social insurance and public assistance.

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a. true b. false

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A philosophy of __________ is central to Americans' political ideals

a. freedom. b. power. c. community. d. organization.

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Author C.S. Lewis said that friendship was unique and perhaps better than other types of relationships because of which two criteria?

a. voluntary and love b. choice and obligation c. obligation and love d. choice and voluntary

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Concern over the quality of education in public schools makes Kozol

a. fearful of school choice proposals b. a major proponent of school choice c. look to magnet schools as the solution d. endorse expansion of parochial schools

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