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________ is an example of an in-kind benefit.


A) The Food Stamps program
B) Social security
C) Unemployment insurance
D) Supplemental Security Income
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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The unemployment insurance program is


A) run jointly by federal and state governments.
B) funded by payroll taxes collected by the states.
C) funded by payroll taxes paid by employees and employers, a condition set uniformly across states.
D) managed entirely by the federal government.
E) managed by local governments and private charities.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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A poll determined that most Americans believe which of the following is the second costliest federal program?


A) education
B) public assistance programs
C) environmental protection
D) farm subsidies
E) social insurance programs

F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Charter schools


A) are publicly funded and have no more freedom in choosing students than do public schools, though they have greater freedom in determining curricula.
B) are privately funded and have total freedom in determining curricula.
C) are publicly funded but have more freedom in determining curricula than public schools.
D) are promoted primarily by Democrats as a strong, publicly-funded method of improving education.
E) have been opposed by President Obama, through executive orders to drain their funding.

F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

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The GREATEST problem states have had under the TANF program has been


A) getting all the money promised to them by the federal government.
B) creating effective welfare-to-work programs.
C) getting unwed mothers to help identify the fathers of their children.
D) creating income-level qualifications for recipients.
E) understanding the definition of "poverty line."

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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Discuss what is meant by a social insurance program and provide examples.

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