When the government attempts to improve the quality of life for the poor by taking wealth from those who have the most and redirecting it to those who have the least,it is making _____.

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The statement describes a redistributive public policy, as it involves taking wealth from the rich and giving it to the poor in order to improve their quality of life. Choice A, institutional public policy, is too broad of a term to describe this specific action. Choice B, "trickle-down" economic policy, is actually the opposite of what is being described as it involves giving wealth to the wealthy in hopes that it will eventually "trickle down" to the poor. Choice C, incremental social policy, does not accurately describe this action as it does not involve gradual changes, but rather a direct redistribution of wealth. Choice D, regressive tax policy, generally involves taxing the poor more heavily than the rich, so it also does not accurately describe this action.

When the Government Attempts to Improve the Quality of Life