Which of the following events in the last few decades has contributed to a general political environment that ignores the special needs of elders?

a. fiscally conservative policies in the 1980s
b. upward economic turns in the 1990s
c. the need in 2001 to reevaluate the balance between social programs and national security
d. the economic recession of 2008


ANSWER: a

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