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policies provide benefits to individuals, particularly those in need.  

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, such as Social Security checks, Food Stamps, and welfare, provide benefits to individuals in specific need.  

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A tax that takes a higher percentage from the lower income levels than from the well-to-do is called a .  

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Studies of display even more inequality than those of income.  

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The concept of describes the share of national income earned by various groups in the United States.  

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The most dramatic change in how Americans viewed government's role in providing social welfare occurred during the .  

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The two biggest are Social Security and Medicare.  

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The U.S. Bureau of the Census has established the , which takes into account what a family would need to spend to maintain an "austere" standard of living.  

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Through the , the poorest of the poor receive a check from Washington instead of sending one.  

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Under the Welfare Reform law, cash payments to poor families are called .  

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