An Aging Population Is Cited as One of the Reasons

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Essay

An aging population is cited as one of the reasons for future fiscal concerns for Social Security and Medicare.How might this demographic shift impact future revenue generation and the national debt?

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Definitions:

Resistance

The opposition to the flow of electric current, measured in ohms, affecting how much current flows through a circuit.

Inductor

An inductor is a passive electronic component that stores energy in a magnetic field when electric current flows through it, used in various filtering, tuning, and energy storage applications.

Lenz's Law

A principle in electromagnetism stating that induced currents will flow in a direction that opposes the change causing them.

Polarity

The characteristic of having two opposed attributes or poles, commonly used in reference to the direction of electrical current or magnetism.