Question 1
Entitlement programs are those that the government committed itself to provide funding all those eligible for the program. Discretionary programs are:
◦ Covering wide ranges of citizens in poverty.
◦ Mandated by law.
◦ Not subject to administrative discretion.
◦ Those programs with no guarantee of funding.
Question 2
The best opportunity for a shift towards a national welfare program that was never passed was proposed by Nixon by the name of FAP (Family assistance plan). It was also referred to as:
◦ AFDC.
◦ Workfare.
◦ New welfare.
◦ Substitute minimum income.