Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Income Distribution in the United

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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question(s) : Income Distribution in the United States

-One explanation for why the poor tend to receive more noncash assistance than cash assistance is that:

• A) the poor are better off with noncash assistance.
• B) the poor prefer to receive noncash assistance.
• C) taxpayers prefer to give cash assistance.
• D) those who supply noncash services have more political power than the poor.

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War of 1812

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