Which of the Following Statements About Social Expenditures Is Accurate

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about social expenditures is accurate?

• A) Welfare systems are meant to support community institutions like the family and the church.
• B) In a sense, the welfare state primarily taxes the poor but benefits the middle class.
• C) Expenditures on highways are more likely to benefit the well-off than the poor.
• D) Social expenditures that come in the form of public goods are used mostly by the very poor.

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