A) three
B) five
C) eight
D) twelve
E) twenty
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A) is one of the largest executive departments.
B) has high levels of support from both Democrats and Republicans.
C) was created in the 1930s as part of the New Deal.
D) dictates school curriculum across the country.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) payroll taxes paid only by employees.
B) payroll taxes paid only by employers.
C) payroll taxes paid by both employees and employers.
D) general tax revenues.
E) sales taxes.
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A) many Americans will leave the system in favor of private retirement plans.
B) Republicans wish to eliminate the system entirely, while Democrats wish to save it.
C) the number of workers may not bring in enough money to cover the benefits of a growing number of retirees.
D) it is a very unpopular program.
E) All of these answers are correct.
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A) President Ronald Reagan
B) President Bill Clinton
C) President George W. Bush
D) Vice President Al Gore
E) Vice President Dan Quayle
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A) $19,000
B) $24,000
C) $28,000
D) $33,000
E) $38,000
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A) Americans prefer money as the primary form of welfare assistance.
B) most Americans believe that welfare recipients could get along without assistance if they tried.
C) Americans prefer government jobs through government programs as the primary form of welfare assistance.
D) the vast majority of Americans believe there should be absolutely no government services for the poor of any kind.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) Canada
B) Britain
C) Germany
D) Japan
E) United States
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A) that provides indirect payments to individuals, such as funding for public schools.
B) benefiting individuals, designed specifically to alleviate the hardships of old age.
C) that requires the payment of benefits to any individual who meets the eligibility criteria.
D) of social welfare for which citizenship is the only criterion of eligibility.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) Americans prefer that society's material benefits be allocated through the economic marketplace rather than through government policies.
B) Government should not use fiscal policy to attempt to flatten the ups and downs of a market economy.
C) Americans should increase the size of the federal welfare state in order to mitigate the harmful influences of the market.
D) The market tends to eliminate weak businesses and reward strong ones.
E) The strength of the market economy of the United States is precisely what provides the welfare state with the revenue it needs to help the most underprivileged citizens.
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A) low-income senior citizens.
B) legal immigrants who don't have health insurance.
C) all TANF recipients.
D) children from low-income families.
E) All of these answers are correct.
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A) the tax on a portion of the Social Security benefits of upper-income retirees.
B) whether an applicant's income is low enough to qualify for public assistance.
C) the mandatory physical examination that Medicare and Medicaid applicants must undergo before they can receive benefits.
D) the mandatory psychological examination that Medicare and Medicaid applicants must undergo before they can receive benefits.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) was championed primarily by president Bill Clinton.
B) offers, but does not require, the chance for schools to receive additional funding if they submit to nationally standardized testing in reading, math, and science.
C) ties federal funding to national test results in reading, math, and science.
D) offers increased federal funding to schools that show poor testing performance after three years.
E) cuts school funding for those schools that show no improvement in test scores after one year.
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A) is not a means-tested program.
B) costs the government far less than tax breaks for homeowners.
C) is paid for by a tax on all homeowners.
D) provides money directly to recipients.
E) All of these answers are correct.
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A) the federal government.
B) state governments.
C) local governments.
D) state and local governments.
E) private sources.
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A) of their self-financing feature.
B) they are based on an equality principle-all citizens are eligible for the benefits and all recipients receive the same level of benefits.
C) their cost is consistently below the spending level for public assistance programs.
D) of the necessity of increased taxes to fund them.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) It is a public assistance program.
B) It is funded by general tax revenues.
C) It serves all Americans who cannot afford health insurance.
D) It is controversial due to its cost.
E) It is funded by both the federal government and the states.
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A) the reduction of the child poverty rate
B) a greater awareness of poverty in American society
C) a reduction in single parent households
D) a dramatic reduction in the size of the welfare rolls
E) a greater stigma associated with EITC
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A) eligibility is restricted to individuals who paid special payroll taxes during their working years.
B) it is administered jointly by the national government and the states.
C) it is targeted at those who are most in need of welfare assistance.
D) it is administered through private insurance companies.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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