Responses To Socio Economic Inequality Flashcards

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SNAP

A

Food stamps/ vouchers given out by the government to poorer people who can exchange them for fresh food

40 million American claimed these vouchers in 2018 and without them they would starve

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Obama Care

Affordable care act 2010

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Paying for all or some of ppls health insurance
Letting children stay on parents insurance until 26 y/o

Percentage of uninsured Americans dropped for 26% in 2009 to 9% in 2015

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Education

Affirmative Action

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Lower entry requirements for ethnic minorities

62% agree with affirmative action because they think a degree can break the poverty cycle

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