Anti-Poverty Programs

question 182

Multiple Choice

Anti-poverty programs

• A)encourage saving among recipient groups.
• B)impose a very low marginal tax rate on income.
• C)are only made available to those with no other source of income.
• D)may discourage the poor from escaping poverty on their own.

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