Across
- 2. certain government benefits entilted to certain individuals by law
- 4. a tax in which the government takes more income from the wealthy
- 6. the "bank account" into Social Security contributions are deposited and used to pay recipients
- 7. a negative income tax that provide income to very poor individuals
- 8. paymets given by government to those such a social security and retirement plans
- 9. welfare reform law of 1996
- 11. increasing concentration of property among women
- 13. a tax that falls more heavily on low income groups
- 14. shares of the national income of many groups
- 16. policies that provide benefits to individual through testing or entitlements
Down
- 1. name of public assistance for families in need
- 3. a method used to count the number of impoverished
- 5. programs available only to those with very specific needs
- 10. a tax in which the governments takes income equally from all taxpayers
- 12. amount of funds collected between to points in time
- 15. value of assets owned