Which of the following is an instance of a decision involving the Equal Protection Clause being made on the basis of the rational basis test?
A)The government requires only men above the age of 18 to volunteer for military service.
B)The government establishes a trust fund to provide financial aid to minority groups.
C)A state government employs measures to improve living conditions on Native American reservations.
D)The government provides subsidies to farmers,but not to carpenters or lumberjacks.

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The rational basis test is used for cases of economic regulation or classifications that do not involve suspect classes, and it requires that the law or policy be rationally related to a legitimate government interest. In this case, providing subsidies to farmers could be seen as a legitimate government interest, and the classification based on occupation (farmers versus carpenters or lumberjacks) is not a suspect class, so the rational basis test would apply.

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