Social Security and Welfare Policy
Quiz objective:
Understand the issues surrounding Social Security and Welfare; options for improvement; issues of poverty.
1.
The largest single federal program is
A) welfare
B) Social Security
C) environmental protection
D) foreign aid
E) Guaranteed Student Loans
2.
The Social Security tax is regressive because
A) everyone pays the same percentage of their income
B) there is a maximum payment even for the rich
C) those who make more money pay more money
D) all of the above
E) a and b only
3.
Many conservatives are pushing for this change in the Social Security program in order to ensure its solvency.
A) raising the retirement age
B) raising the payroll tax
C) privatizing Social Security and investing money in the market
D) make receiving Social Security payments subject to a means test
4.
The Wisconsin Welfare program that requires recipients to work in order to receive welfare payments is called
A) W-2
B) Wisconsin-Welfare
C) Wisconsin-Workfare
D) Progressive Ideas
E) Tommy's Plan
5.
The ______________________ graphically displays income inequality.
A) supply and demand curve
B) production possibility curve
C) Lorenz curve
D) income disparity curve
E) none of the above
6.
Liberals argue that poverty occurs because of
A) lack of education
B) lack of job opportunities
C) discrimination
D) all of the above
E) a and b only
7.
A person that believes that the poor have a right to public assistance, that there are structural flaws that are causing poverty and thinks the U.S. has misplaced priorities in terms of how it spends its money would most likely support
A) a workfare program
B) cutting payments to poor (cold turkey)
C) increasing support for the poor
D) a requirement to be married before you can get welfare payments
E) none of the above
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