The Difference Between a Conventional Welfare Program and a Negative

question 6

Multiple Choice

The difference between a conventional welfare program and a negative income tax program is that:

• A) Individuals have to be living below the poverty line in order to qualify for the negative income tax program.
• B) For the negative income tax program, the benefits received have to be repaid once the worker is working full time for wages.
• C) The former type of program is transferred to the recipient by the government, while the latter is taxed away from the recipient by the government.
• D) Recipients in the negative income tax program will receive more from the guarantee income than they will pay out in taxes.
• E) For the negative income tax program, the worker receives a wage supplement for each hour that he/she works.

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