True or False


1	The basic purpose of social assistance programs is to provide economic security over the life course and to prevent people from falling into destitution.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Payroll taxes are considered to be regressive taxes.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	The United States had no national security welfare programs until Franklin D. Roosevelt became president.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	The term replacement rate refers to the practice of replacing elderly persons in the labor force with younger persons.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	SSI penalizes elderly women who are more likely than men to move in with relatives because of limited income, failing health, or both.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Medicare was established three years before Congress established Medicaid.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	The main source of public funding for long-term care is Medicare.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	The United States spends far more on social programs than its European counterparts.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	Benefit levels are determined by age at retirement.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	Social Security provides more than 75 percent of the income of older people.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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