Given the Residual Approach to Government Assistance Programs, Does the Social

Given the residual approach to government assistance programs, does the social stigma of poverty serve an economic purpose?

A) Yes, it maximizes individual responsibility for poverty and further justifies a conservative collective responsibility and remediation.
B) Yes, people who feel bad about themselves work harder and people who do work feel better.
C) Yes, stigmatized people will not seek benefits and so make for a leaner public response to poverty.
D) No, it simply makes it impossible for the poor to feel comfortable with receiving benefits.