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unemployment payments to workers who have lost their jobs
Income Maintenance Programs vs. Social Insurance Programs
•Income Maintenance Programs
-"welfare," "public assistance," "public charity"
-Purpose: provide minimum level of income to all families and individuals
-Must demonstrate economic "need" (means tested)
-Examples: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), food stamps, Medicaid, earned income tax credit (EITC), housing aid
•Social Insurance Programs
-Purpose: provide individuals with income/assistance at times when they cannot help themselves
-Contingent upon an event occurring
-Examples: Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance
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Which of these government programs is designed to redistribute income?
Social Security
Which progressive reform was designed to provide funds for schools and federal programs?
Graduated income tax.apex=)
Why did the progressives support a graduated federal income tax?
to pay for programs to help all americans - apex
Why did progressives support a gratuated federal income tax?
to pay for programs to help all americans
Why did progressives support a graduate federal income tax?
The so called progressives did not only support graduated income taxes but demanded it in their platform. So did the Socialist party and the Democratic Party in the United States.
