To What Does the Text Attribute the Declining Poverty Rate

question 22

Multiple Choice

To what does the text attribute the declining poverty rate among the elderly?

• A)the feminization of poverty-
• B)progressive taxation
• C)Social Security and Medicare
• D)supply-side economics

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