CHAPTER 8 – Expenditure Programs for the Poor

1. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

a) provides more income to those people on welfare.

b) is a tax on low income workers.

c) provides additional tax credits to low income workers.

d) is a tax break for the wealthiest Americans.

e) was eliminated by the Bush administration.

2. The switch from AFDC to TANF took place in

a) 1937.

b) 1986.

c) 1996.

d) 1998.

e) 2003.

3. Social Security Income(SSI) is available for all, except

a) aged.

b) immigrants.

c) blind.

d) disabled.

4. A dollar reduction in benefits as a result of a dollar income from working is a

a) 50% tax rate.

b) 75% tax rate.

c) 0% tax rate.

d) 100% tax rate.

5. Who is eligible to receive food stamps?

a) poor families without children

b) childless single men

c) childless single women

d) all of the above

e) a and c

6. Voucher programs for housing

a) provide rent vouchers for existing housing stock.

b) are under utilized with a surplus of housing stock.

c) provide down payment assistance to purchase homes.

d) are known as Section 8.

e) do none of the above.