Ucsp. Q2. Week 4
Ucsp. Q2. Week 4
Ucsp. Q2. Week 4
There you go, are you ready to start the battle? If you are
ready you may now fasten your seat belt and start to face
the challenges. Good Luck!
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
What does the government provide? Of course, people expect state and local
governments to provide services such as police protection, education, highway
building and maintenance, welfare programs, and hospital and health care. Taxes
are a major source of income to pay for these services and many others that hit
close to home. http:// www.ushistory.org>gov.
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How can social inequality be addressed? This must be scaled up if we truly
want to reduce social inequality.
Inequality has become a defining issue of the present time that must be
addressed through social protection policies, including progressive taxation in favor
of low-income families as well as public spending to support vulnerable populations.
“With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, combating
inequality and social protection has moved to the Centre of the policy agenda in all
countries.”
The growing body of evidence shows that income inequality has been on the
rise in many countries while unequal social opportunities continue to persist, whether
its access to decent work, quality education and health care or to productive assets
such as land and credit, calling on delegates to not only highlight the impact of
inequality on people and communities but also to point to fiscal, wage and social
protection policies that have shown to be effective in addressing inequality and
challenges to social inclusion.
The inequality is becoming the “defining issue of our time”, with health and
education disparities remaining high. In some countries, children in the lowest
20 per cent of income distribution are nearly three times more likely to be
underweight and twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday. “These figures show
that we are currently moving in the wrong direction. A world in which extreme wealth
coexists with extreme poverty is a world of strife”.
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millions of people around the world from poverty.
http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph
Sin Taxes - A sin tax is a tax levied on goods or services that are
considered to be harmful or costly to society. The goods and services
commonly include tobacco, alcohol, sugar-added drinks, and gambling.
The main purposes of imposing sin taxes are to reduce the
consumption of harmful goods and to increase government revenue.
The consumption reduction is achieved by making the goods less
affordable to consumers. http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph
Here are the key concepts being discussed in the lesson. It pays
to go over them one more time for better retention and
understanding.
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Now that you have finished reading and studying this module,
it’s time to test your ability about THE GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL
INEQUALITY. Do the activity below as instructed. Use a
separate sheet of paper for your answer.
Instruction: Study the following images and identify what government programs or
initiatives can be proposed to address social inequality.
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2. Poverty:
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3. Indigenous People
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4. LGBTQ Discrimination
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Rubrics for Application:
Criteria Description Points
The answer was able to explain the idea of the image.
Content 10
Analysis Analysis was clear and concise. 5
Organization The ideas were easily conveyed to readers. 5
Total 20