A "poverty trap" refers to the situation where
A) low- income persons whose only income for a period of 5 or more years has been welfare benefits.
B) tax- generated disincentives exist for middle- income persons to increase their earned income.
C) low- income persons whose only income for a period of 2 or more years has been welfare benefits.
D) the government has imposed a negative income tax.
E) tax- generated disincentives exist for very- low- income persons to increase their earned income.
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