The Food Stamps Program Is

question 6

Multiple Choice

The Food Stamps program is

• A)criticized because some believe it allows undeserving people to get aid.
• B)criticized because some think it stigmatizes its users by identifying them publicly as welfare cases.
• C)an in-kind benefit.
• D)criticized because some think it is too costly.
• E)All these answers are correct.

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