There Are Considerable Disparities in Benefits from State to State

question 42

Multiple Choice

There are considerable disparities in benefits from state to state in noncontributory programs because

• A) many state constitutions prohibit state governments from accepting money for noncontributory programs from the federal government.
• B) state governments are given grants-in-aid from the federal government to establish and operate their own programs rather than having one, uniform national program.
• C) the federal government specifies different levels of assistance to each state based on means testing and indexing.
• D) some states do not have any citizens who need the benefits provided by noncontributory programs.
• E) some states choose to only employ contributory programs.