Multiple Choice
A disadvantage associated with in-kind transfers to reduce poverty is that they
A) alter peoples' incentives, whereas a negative income tax does not alter peoples' incentives.
B) do not allow poor families to make purchases based on their preferences.
C) can only be distributed by the federal government.
D) cannot restrict the group of recipients and some middle-class families may benefit from them.
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