transfer payment
noun
1
: a public expenditure made for a purpose (such as unemployment compensation) other than procuring goods or services
—usually used in plural
2
transfer payments plural
: money (such as welfare payments) that is received by individuals and that is neither compensation for goods or services currently supplied nor income from investments
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Yet history has shown that economic growth reduces poverty (see China under Deng Xiaoping) far more successfully than welfare transfer payments (see the U.S. war on poverty or the European welfare state).
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Grover G. Norquist, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2012
Abundance isn’t achieved by the same old subsidies or tax breaks for special interests, price controls or spending loads of taxpayer money on transfer payments.
—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 11 July 2024
As Moss has written, as of 2009, some 60 developing countries, including Botswana, Brazil, India, Mexico, and Panama, have made regular direct transfer payments to approximately 170 million people.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2013
However, expanding transfer payments to reduce the poverty rate was simply a mathematical achievement.
—Angela Rachidi, National Review, 8 Jan. 2024
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Grover G. Norquist, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2012
Abundance isn’t achieved by the same old subsidies or tax breaks for special interests, price controls or spending loads of taxpayer money on transfer payments.
—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 11 July 2024
As Moss has written, as of 2009, some 60 developing countries, including Botswana, Brazil, India, Mexico, and Panama, have made regular direct transfer payments to approximately 170 million people.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2013
However, expanding transfer payments to reduce the poverty rate was simply a mathematical achievement.
—Angela Rachidi, National Review, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Transfer payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfer%20payment. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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