What Do You Think Barbara Ehrenreich Would Say About Efforts

question 49

Multiple Choice

What do you think Barbara Ehrenreich would say about efforts to reform welfare that tried to move people off welfare rolls and into minimum-wage jobs?

• A) She would disapprove because she thinks that low-wage work is demeaning and insufficient to survive on.
• B) She would approve because she thinks that welfare is demeaning.
• C) She would disapprove because she thinks that minimum-wage jobs are better filled by new immigrants.
• D) She would approve because she believes that welfare breeds dependency and low self-esteem.
• E) She would approve because she believes that there is a serious shortage of labor in this service sector.

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