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a government program financed by general income taxes that provides benefits to poor citizens without requiring contribution from them
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assistance program
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name given to four federal laws passed in the late 1990s specifying the conditions under which nonprofit religious organizations could compete to administer certain social service delivery and welfare programs
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charitable choice
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a provision of a 1975 law that entitles working families with children to receive money from the government if their total income is below a certain level. The program was expanded in the early 1990s
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earned income tax credit (eitc)
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a policy giving poor people money to help lift them out of poverty
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income strategy
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a self-financing government program based on contributions that provide benefits to unemployed or retired persons
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insurance program
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an income qualification program that determines whether one is eligible for benefits under government programs reserved for lower-income groups
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means test
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a policy providing poor people with education and job training to help lift them out of poverty
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service stragey
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a policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays
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majoritarian politics
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a policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays
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client politics
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