Social services are likely to remain a perennial issue in Texas politics because _____.
a. the economy swings from boom to bust, and in low times the number of people requiring services increases while government revenue decreases
b. the state's immigration rate is high, and many immigrants lack essential job skills and become the working poor
c. disparities between rich and poor are growing
d. conservatism in Texas dominated politics in the early 2000s
e. all of these
Question 2
According to studies of state use of poverty funding, which of these is not accurate?
a. States like Texas, with the highest poverty rates, spent less than their allotted federal funds.
b. Innovative states spent remaining federal funds on finding solutions to hard-core unemployment and chronic welfare dependency.
c. States like Texas, with the highest poverty rates, spent more than their allotted federal funds.
d. Residents who remain on welfare are difficult to place in jobs due to a lack of training, transportation, and child care.
e. All of these are accurate.
The main avenue to the upward social mobility reviewed in the text has been higher education.
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