Needs-Tested Spending

question 133

Multiple Choice

Needs-tested spending

• A)is directing government spending and taxes to states that need the most help.
• B)is giving tax cuts to wealthy people so they will increase their spending.
• C)includes transfer payments such as food stamps and unemployment benefits.
• D)includes homeland defense spending.
• E)cannot be changed without changes in the laws.

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Definitions:

Injunctive

Pertaining to an authoritative order or command, especially a legal judgement or decree that requires a party to act or refrain from acting.

Reflexive

Reflexive pertains to an action or process where the subject and object are the same, leading to self-referential or self-affecting outcomes.

Preconscious

Part of the mind containing thoughts and memories that are not currently in conscious awareness but can be easily accessed.

Displaced

Removed or moved out of a usual or proper place, often referring to people who are forced to leave their homes.