Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Distributive policies are popular because their costs are not noticed as they are spread among all taxpayers, but their benefits go to a specific group who knows they are benefitting.
2. Government agencies have their largest role in policy evaluation.
3. Public policy that seeks to meet the basic needs of people who are unable to provide for themselves is social welfare policy.
4. A federal program that guarantees benefits to qualified recipients is an entitlement program.
5. Economic policy addresses the problem of economic security for the benefit of the wealthiest members of society.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
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a. Lyndon B. Johnson c. Gerald Ford b. Richard M. Nixon d. Ronald Reagan
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