xdf第150题

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Concerned about financial well-being of its elderly citizens,the government of Runagia decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the government-provided pension paid to all Runagians over 65. Inflation in the intervening period has been negligible, and the increase has been duly  received by all eligible Runagians. Nevertheless, many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large part because________

E. In Runagia children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living.

选项E看不懂,麻烦大家帮忙解释下哈