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social (public) assistance
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any gov't program that is targeted to aid low-income people
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
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a block grant from the fedral government to state governments to be used in state welfare programs in compliance with federal guidelines
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block grant
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a lump sum of money given by the federal government to state governments to use as they wish within broad federal guidelines to develop programs to meet a broad category of need
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Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
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our nation's former welfare program providing cash assistance to eligivle low income families with children
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personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRA)
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legislation that eliminated AFDC and replaced it with state programs that require work. It also tightened eligibility for and reduced the benefits offered by other social assistance programs
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trickle-down philosophy
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the view that the benefits of economic growth and prosperity will "trickle-down" to all
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relative poverty
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a situation in which people are poor in comparison with other people
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absolute poverty
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a situation in which people experience the hardship of poverty according to some objective criterion
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income distribution
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the division of total income in an economy among people of different income groups
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money income
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all household income from any source, including income transfers, calculated before taxes
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income transfer
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a cash transfer from the government to an individual for which no good or service is provided to the government in return
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in-kind transfer
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a transfer of goods or services (or access to good or services)from the government to an individual, for which no good or service is provided to the gov't in return
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poverty line
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a level of income below which a household is considered poor
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poverty rate
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the percentage of the population that is poor
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medicaid
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a government program providing medical coverage for eliible low-income people
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medicare
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a gov't program providing medical coverage largely to elderly people
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incidence of poverty
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who the poor are, and which groups of people have a greater likelihood of being poor
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recession
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a decline in a nation's gross domestic product associated with a rise in unemployment
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investment in human captial
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spending that is designed to improve the productivity of people
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universal entitlements
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payments (or programs) to which elivivle citizens have a right by law
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negative income tax
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a taxation system that taxes people with incomes above a certain level and pays people with incomes below that level
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earned income tax credit (EITC)
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a federal tax credit for low-income individuals and families. The credit is available whether or not hte worker pays federal personal income tax
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