The official poverty line in the United States is set
A) equal to one-half the average income in the United States.
B) at three times the cost of the Department of Agriculture's minimum food budget.
C) at three times the cost of the Department of Housing's minimum housing allowance.
D) at the amount necessary to allow an individual to buy the same market basket of goods that the average urban wage earner can afford.
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