According to the text, the U.S. welfare state is conservative because
A. it corrects the basic structural inequalities of corporate capitalism.
B. it stabilizes the corporate capitalist system.
C. it offers a more egalitarian alternative to the marketplace.
D. generally, working-class and poor people support it.
E. its costs and benefits are equally shared.
Ans: B. it stabilizes the corporate capitalist system.
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