Which of the following statements concerning the European welfare state is most accurate?
A) The imposition of the welfare state was accompanied by the elimination of the private sector in most European nations.
B) Middle-class people, in general, failed to realize any benefits from the welfare state.
C) Although some aspects of the welfare state redistributed income, it did not make a huge dent on western Europe's unequal class system.
D) All of the tax schemes introduced by the welfare state were intended to redistribute income from the wealthy to the poor.
E) The economic status of the lower class improved substantially from the end of World War II to 1960.
Answer: C