1 .		policies provide benefits to individuals, particularly those in need. [Hint]
2 .		, such as Social Security checks, Food Stamps, and welfare, provide benefits to individuals in specific need. [Hint]
3 .		A tax that takes a higher percentage from the lower income levels than from the well-to-do is called a . [Hint]
4 .		Studies of display even more inequality than those of income. [Hint]
5 .		The concept of describes the share of national income earned by various groups in the United States. [Hint]
6 .		The most dramatic change in how Americans viewed government's role in providing social welfare occurred during the . [Hint]
7 .		The two biggest are Social Security and Medicare. [Hint]
8 .		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. [Hint]
9 .		Through the , the poorest of the poor receive a check from Washington instead of sending one. [Hint]
10 .		Under the Welfare Reform law, cash payments to poor families are called . [Hint]