The __________, Those Whose Incomes Are at Half the Poverty

question 50

Multiple Choice

The __________, those whose incomes are at half the poverty line or less, make up over 6 percent of the U.S. population.

• A) working poor
• B) old poor
• C) new poor
• D) severely poor

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Definitions:

Direct Payments

Financial transfers from governments to individuals or organizations without the need for an intermediary process.

Indirect Payments

Financial transactions where compensation is not directly delivered from payer to recipient but through an intermediary or additional benefits, such as health insurance or retirement plans.

Salary

A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.

Wages

Monetary compensation paid by an employer to an employee in exchange for work performed, typically calculated on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.