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| Policies that provide benefits to individuals, particularly those in need. |
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| Government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entited to by law, regardless of need. |
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| Government Programs available only to individuals below poverty line. |
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| The "Shares" of the national income earned by various groups. |
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| The amount of funds collected between any two points in time. |
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| The amount of funds already owned. |
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| A method used to count the number of poor people, it considers what a family must spend for an "austere" standard of living. |
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| The increasing concentration of poverty among woman, especially unmarried woman and their children. |
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| A Tax by which the government takes a greater share of the income of the rich than of the poor. |
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| A tax by which the government takes the same share of income from everyone, rich and poor alike. |
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| A tax which burden falls relatively more heavily upon low income group than the wealthy. |
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| A "negative income tax" that provides income to very poor individuals in lieu of changing them federal income taxes. |
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| The proportion of income a particular group pays in taxes. |
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| Benefits given by the government directly to individuals. Such as Social Security payments or food stamps. |
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| Temporary Assistance to Needy Family |
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| Once called Aid to families with Dependent Children" the new name for public assistance. |
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