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Social problems exam 2
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- 1Blaming the victimBelief that some individuals are poor, criminals, or school dropouts because they have a flaw within them, which ignores the social factors affecting their behaviors
- 2MeritocracySocial classification based on ability
- 3Social DarwinismBelief that the place of people in the social stratification system is a function of their ability and effort.
- 4Regressive taxTax rate that remains the same for all people, rich or poor. The result is that poor people pay a larger proportion of their wealth than do affluent people.
- 5Tax expenditureslegal tax loopholes that allow the affluent to escape paying certain taxes and therefore to receive a subsidy.
- 6WealthfareGovernment subsides to the non poor
- 7WelfareGovernment monies and services provided to the poor
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