Government is involved in many efforts to reduce income inequality or alleviate poverty. These include ...

 

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Government is involved in many efforts to reduce income inequality or alleviate poverty. These include • Social safety net programs like welfare (TANF), food subsidies ("food stamps," "EBT cards"), housing subsidies (Section 8). Child tax credits • Social security Earned income tax credit Progressive income taxation Inheritance taxes • Education subsidies (grants, student loans, publicly provided education) • Anti-discrimination laws 1. Can you think of any other programs to reduce income inequality or alleviate poverty? 2. Investigate and report how successful one or more of these programs has been. 3. Should government try to reduce income inequality? 4. Should government try to alleviate poverty? 5. Upon what facts do we rely in our normative judgment about what government should do and about what government can beneficially do? Government is involved in many efforts to reduce income inequality or alleviate poverty. These include • Social safety net programs like welfare (TANF), food subsidies ("food stamps," "EBT cards"), housing subsidies (Section 8). Child tax credits • Social security Earned income tax credit Progressive income taxation Inheritance taxes • Education subsidies (grants, student loans, publicly provided education) • Anti-discrimination laws 1. Can you think of any other programs to reduce income inequality or alleviate poverty? 2. Investigate and report how successful one or more of these programs has been. 3. Should government try to reduce income inequality? 4. Should government try to alleviate poverty? 5. Upon what facts do we rely in our normative judgment about what government should do and about what government can beneficially do?