The federal government's spending on AFDC fell after the mid-1970s because
A)the Supreme Court's decision in Goldberg v.Kelly prohibited more than 15 percent of the budget from being spent on welfare.
B)unlike Social Security, the program was not indexed to inflation.
C)fewer and fewer people needed the benefits provided by the program.
D)the program's cost-of-living adjustments were linked to real gross domestic product rather than to inflation.

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The federal government's spending on AFDC fell after the mid-1970s because unlike Social Security, the program was not indexed to inflation. As a result, the program's benefits did not keep pace with rising inflation, making it increasingly less effective at providing assistance to eligible families.

The Federal Government's Spending on AFDC Fell After the Mid-1970s