Which of the following most logically completes thepassage?
Concerned about financial well-being of its elderlycitizens, the government of Runagia decided two years ago to increase by 20percent the government-provided pension paid to all Runagians over 65. Inflation in the intervening period has beennegligible, and the increase has been duly received by all eligibleRunagians. Nevertheless, many of themare no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large partbecause ________.
A. They rely entirely on the government pension for their income
B. Runagian banks are so inefficient that it can take up to three weeks tocash a pension check
C. They buy goods whose prices tend to rise especially fast in times ofinflation
D. The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below thepoverty level reached an all-time high
E. In Runagia children typically supplement the income of elderly parents,but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living
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