Chat with AIExam 4: The Economic and Political Contexts
In your understanding, what explains the lack of controversy/attention associated with large tax expenditures, compared to that which surrounds policies such as TANF and even OASDI?
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VerifiedAdministered through the tax code, tax expenditures are comparatively 'invisible'; few people even recognize them as government expenses Additionally, tax expenditures primarily benefit those already privileged economically, who prevailing values often consider 'worthy' Finally, many recipients of tax expenditures have made successful claims for these items as investments in prosperity, as they serve to encourage saving for retirement, higher education, or housing-largely considered worthwhile allocations
You are a social work advocate for low-income families with children. There is a proposal in your city to provide increased funding for housing assistance for your target population, to be funded through an increase in the sales tax on food. Should you support or oppose this proposal? Why?
(29) VerifiedThe proposed funding mechanism for this policy is regressive, meaning that its costs will be borne disproportionately by those who need the assistance Low-income families, then, would be paying more for needed food, while only some of them would receive additional housing assistance You should look for other revenue sources that are progressive as a way to finance this intervention
Which policy is an example of economic nationalism?
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Briefly describe how the current economic context is shaping social welfare policy.
(33) Which of the following is NOT a significant influence of globalization on social work today?
(34) Provide at least two limitations of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as a measure of economic outcomes and progress.
(35) Is a policy which provides larger housing subsidies to those with lower incomes an example of vertical or horizontal equity?
(40) Explain at least two reasons why the racial wealth gap is larger than the income gap.
(34) What are two benefits and two limitations of social enterprises? Provide an example of a social enterprise you see as a promising intervention.
(32) Explain how the U.S. health care system is an example of a market failure.
(42) A policy that treats all people with a particular need equally can be said to display ____________ equity.
(27) How would our understanding of the role of the federal government in social policy change if we considered tax expenditures alongside direct expenditures?
(36) Explain the wisdom of (1) the Obama Administration's economic stimulus package according to Keynesian economics and (2) the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Then, critique these two policies based on supply-side economics.
(42) The United States' economy can be characterized a ______________ economy:
(33) Over the past several decades, the trend in mandatory spending is best characterized as:
(36) Explain the rationale behind the TANF program from a "maintenance of capitalism" hypothesis v. a "social conscience" hypothesis.
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