[单项选择]Before, whenever we had wealth, we started discussing poverty. Why not now Why is the current politics of wealth and poverty seemingly about wealth alone Eight years ago, when Bill Clinton first ran. for president, the Dow Jones average was under 3,500, yearly federal budget deficits were projected at hundreds of billions of dollars forever and beyond, and no one talked about the "permanent boom" or the "new economy." Yet in that more straitened time, Clinton made much of the importance of "not leaving a single person behind." It is possible that similar "compassionate" rhetoric might yet play a role in the general election.
But it is striking how much less talk there is about the poor than there was eight years ago, when the country was economically uncertain, or in previous eras, when the country felt flush. Even last summer, when Clinton spent several days on a remarkable, Bobby Kennedy-like pilgrimage through impoverished areas from Indian reservations in South Dakota to g
A. the country is enjoying economic growth
B. the poor are benefiting from today’s good economy
C. in the past we were more aware of the poor than we are today
D. in the past there were many more poor people than there are today