As Gordon Streib Sees It, It Is Not So Much

question 84

True/False

As Gordon Streib sees it, it is not so much that the old grow poor as that the poor grow old.

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Social Security

A government program that provides financial assistance to people with an inadequate or no income, particularly the elderly, disabled, and unemployed.

Great Depression

A severe worldwide economic downturn that took place during the 1930s, beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, leading to massive unemployment and poverty.

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Governmental support aimed at ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of the population, often including assistance programs for the economically disadvantaged.