During the 1980s, a Growing Number of Critics Alleged That

Multiple Choice

During the 1980s, a growing number of critics alleged that welfare programs

A) had nearly eliminated poverty.
B) were helping to create a dysfunctional underclass of people who depended upon it for survival.
C) were being abused, mostly by the wealthy.
D) benefited only the middle class at the expense of the poorer class.
E) should be turned back over to private charities and religious institutions because government resources had been exhausted.