Some Proponents of Entitlement-Program Reform Suggest Indexing Social Security Benefits

question 71

Multiple Choice

Some proponents of entitlement-program reform suggest indexing Social Security benefits to the consumer price index (CPI)

• A) because beneficiary payments are currently growing slower than cost of living increases.
• B) rather than to the producer price index,because CPI historically grows at a faster rate,which would mean benefit payments would grow at a faster rate.
• C) rather than to the producer price index,because CPI historically grows at a slower rate,which would mean benefit payments would grow at a slower rate.
• D) rather than to the average wage index,because CPI historically grows at a slower rate,which would mean benefit payments would grow at a slower rate.
• E) rather than to the average wage index,because CPI historically grows at a faster rate,which would mean benefit payments would grow at a faster rate.

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Neurotransmitter Molecules

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Reuptake

The process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic vesicles from the synaptic cleft, effectively stopping their action on nearby neurons.