What do Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security have in common?
a. They are all health care programs.
b. They are all designed to help keep or get people out of poverty.
c. They all provide financial assistance only to senior citizens.
d. They all provide food stamps to people in poverty.
e. They all provide small business loans to get the poor out of poverty.
Question 2
Which of the following explains why the federal government has been involved in problem solving following disasters like Hurricane Katrina?
a. The states where the disaster occurs are more knowledgeable about the area.
b. The states where the disaster occurs are better equipped to deal with the situation.
c. The federal government is more knowledgeable about the areas where the disaster occurs.
d. The federal government has the resources to deal with the situation.
e. The federal government has the ability to prevent the states from creating public policy.
