By 2008, the welfare reforms enacted in 1996 had ________
a. cut the number of people receiving assistance by more than half.
b. dramatically reduced the poverty rate to almost zero.
c. had no effect on the number of people receiving public assistance.
d. doubled the number of people receiving assistance.
Answer: a
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Functionalists view religion as a way of maintaining or increasing social cohesion
Indicate whether the statement is true or false