A Major Cause of Poverty Is That

A major cause of poverty is that

A) income in the United States has been increasing at a slower rate than population.
B) most poor people would rather receive public assistance than work.
C) barriers exist in the form of discrimination and lack of opportunity or access to information about opportunity.
D) each year the proportion of people in poverty steadily increases; thus, poverty becomes a self-perpetuating predominant condition.
E) the definition of poverty makes it impossible ever to eliminate poverty without a completely equal distribution of income.