?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?3? seq NL1 \r 0 \h Chapter 17 Outline SEQ NLI \r 0 \h I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Introduction Social Welfare Policy then national laws touching on these social welfare matters were few and thin, and federal departments, bureaus, or programs to fund or administer such social welfare benefits were virtually nonexistent. social welfare policy now Washington sets, funds, and implements policies on all these social welfare matters and others besides business regulation policy then big oil companies were once able to persuade the government to sharply restrict the amount of foreign oil imported into the United States, to give them preferential tax treatment,? Certain telephone companies were free to function as monopolies. business regulation policy now