Why Are Some Social Welfare Programs Referred to as Entitlements

question 100

Multiple Choice

Why are some social welfare programs referred to as entitlements?

• A)because benefits are distributed automatically to citizens who qualify,based on a set of legal rights to benefits
• B)because they are benefits available only to the working poor in the United States
• C)because they are benefits funded through the Title 9 section of the 1965 Civil Rights Act
• D)because they are benefits that are distributed on a case-by-case basis to select citizens in extreme need

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