Setting aside social security and medicare, other entitlement programs in the u. s. government
constitute over half the budget
constitute well under one-quarter of the budget
are paid for by the states with no cost to the federal government
none of the above

Setting aside Social Security and Medicare, other entitlement programs in the U.S. government constitute well under one-quarter of the budget.

Explanation:

Entitlement programs are certain rights which are given to the citizens by the federal law. They include social security, medical aid, welfare, and unemployment programs. These programs are granted to the citizens so that they can receive certain benefits from them and in return, they can contribute to it by paying the taxes. Some of the programs help the low-income family to avail certain benefits from the government to run their living.

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even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.