One Main Complaint About the Official Income Thresholds for Defining

question 131

Multiple Choice

One main complaint about the official income thresholds for defining poverty is that they:

• A) fail to account for the effects of the minimum wage.
• B) have remained fixed for over the past two decades.
• C) include noncash benefits such as food stamps and rent subsidies.
• D) are inadequate to meet basic needs in major metropolitan areas.

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