Transfer Payments


Definition of "Transfer payments"

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Redistribution of wealth by taking money from one group of individuals and allocating that sum to another group of individuals, social insurance is such a mechanism, since the high-income group of individuals will pay proportionately more in Social Security taxes and receive proportionately less in retirement income benefits than the low-income group of individuals.

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