Current anti-poverty programs discourage work because ?

A. benefits are reduced at such a high rate when recipients earn more income that there is little or no incentive to work once one is receiving benefits.

B. in order to be eligible for benefits a recipient cannot have a job

C. they make recipients more comfortable than most middle-class citizens.

D. anti-poverty programs attract naturally lazy people to begin with.

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