In an attempt to reduce the poverty rate, there has recently been a movement away from income maintenance programs to

A) Supplemental Security Income programs.
B) reducing the age a person can retire at.
C) encouraging people to get jobs.
D) incorporating the Lorenz policy in decisions.


Answer: C

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