All of the Following Factors Make It Likely That Welfare

All of the following factors make it likely that welfare will be a perennial issue in Texas politics except

A) the national tax policy has resulted in the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
B) the economy has little impact on the poverty rate.
C) the state's immigration rate is among the highest in the country.
D) the poorest of the poor have lost income and have had trouble finding jobs since the 1996 welfare reforms.
E) many of the Republican officials who now dominate Texas politics have an inherent dislike of social programs.