Statement I: Social Security Payments Help Mostly the Poor

question 171

Multiple Choice

Statement I: Social Security payments help mostly the poor.
Statement II: Poverty may be defined as a relative concept and as an absolute concept.

• A)Statement I is true and statement II is false.
• B)Statement II is true and statement I is false.
• C)Both statements are true.
• D)Both statements are false.

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