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26.11.2020 04:49 •  Английский язык

Активный или пассивный залог the public welfare system in america the majority of americans – about 85 percent – are neither wealthy nor poor. they (1)(belong) to the broad economic category considered to be ‘middle class’. but they (2)(trouble) by the fact that poverty (3)(exist) in their land. the us (4)(know) for its wealth, its abundance of food and its opportunity for everybody to build a good life. the goal is to operate a free enterprise economy in which everyone who (5)(want) to work can find it. despite that goal, there is always a percentage of people who want to work but who cannot find employment for which they (6)(suit). in recent years, the official figure for unemployment (7)(average) between five and seven percent. the public welfare system in the usa is so large that in the early and mid-1980s nearly one half of all money spent by the federal government (8)(be) for ‘social payments’ – money used to help people. the percentage (9)(double) since the 1960s, when only about 25 percent of the money spent by the federal government (10)(support) these welfare needs. in addition to federal programs, there are programs in each of the 50 states which (11)(design) to help people in need. some people believe that increased direct expenditure by the federal government is the best means to eliminate poverty. others say the welfare system (12)(not reward) individual initiative – it (13)(encourage) people to stay unemployed and spend, rather than save money. all of the studies and the arguments about poverty and public welfare programs show that americans (14)(concern) about a problem that (15)(not solve) yet.