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| A policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays |
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| a policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays |
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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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| a self-financing government program based on contributions that provide benefits to unemployed or retired persons |
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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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| an income qualification program that determines whether one is eligible for benefits under government programs reserved for lower-income groups |
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| Earned Incomoe Tax Credit (EITC) |
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| a provision on 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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| a policy providing poor people with education and job training to help lift them out of poverty |
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| a policy giving poor people money to help lift them out of poverty |
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