Multiple Choice
An argument against income transfer programs is that they
A) do not work in the short run when help is needed.
B) provide incentives to work hard only for those who pay the taxes.
C) affect only the causes and not the symptoms of poverty.
D) discourage immigration of industrious foreigners.
E) provide economic disincentives to work, both to those who pay the taxes and those who receive the transfers.
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