Between 1960 and 1995, Social Security benefits:

A. increased from 10 percent to 35 percent.
B. decreased from 35 percent down to 10 percent.
C. increased, decreasing the poverty rate among the elderly from 35 percent down to 10 percent.
D. decreased, increasing the poverty rate among the elderly from 10 percent to 35 percent.


Answer: C

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