social policy quiz Flashcards
(19 cards)
social welfare policies
provide benefits to individuals, either through entitlement or means tested
entitlement programs
government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need
examples of entitlement programs
medicare
social security
unemployment and disability insurance
means tested programs
government programs only available to individuals below a poverty line
examples of means tested programs
medicaid
food stamps
TANF (temporary assistance for needy families)
SSI (supplemental security income)
CHIP (children’s health insurance programs)
income
amount of funds collected between any two points in time
wealth
amount of funds already owned
poverty line
considers what a family must spend for an austere standard of living
feminization of poverty
high rates of poverty among unmarried women
progressive tax
people with higher incomes pay a greater share
THE US HAS THIS
proportional tax
people will pay an equal share in taxes
earned income tax credit
negative income tax
provide income to very poor people
government expenditures
include transfer payments - benefits given by government directly to individual (actual money or not)
social security act of 1935
the first major step by the federal government to help protect people against absolute poverty
set up the AFDC (assistance to poor children)
Personal responsibility and work opportunity act
signed by president clinton
each state to recieve a fixed amount of money to run its own welfare programs
five year limit (had to find job within two years)
AFDC turned to TANF
future of social security
numbers of contributors are growing slowly
number of recipients are growing rapidly
payouts will exceed income
solutions to social security
cutting benefits or raising taxes
republicans favor privatizing social security
increase age requirements
multiculturalism
the view that different cultures should be respected and accepted
keep different aspects of their culture
assimilation
to absorb into the host countries culture
not respecting different cultures
one culture for everyone
melting pot culture
