All of the following factors make it likely that welfare will be ...

[madam-professor]

All of the following factors make it likely that welfare will be a perennial issue in Texas politics except
 
  a. the national tax policy has resulted in the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
  b. the economy has little impact on the poverty rate.
  c. the state's immigration rate is among the highest in the country.
  d. the poorest of the poor have lost income and have had trouble finding jobs since the 1996 welfare reforms.
  e. many of the Republican officials who now dominate Texas politics have an inherent dislike of social programs.

Question 2

The largest single functional category of state spending in Texas is
 
  a. health and human services.
  b. general government.
  c. education.
  d. public safety and corrections.
  e. business and economic development.

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C