Why Is the Retirement of the Baby-Boom Generation Considered a Problem

question 93

Multiple Choice

Why is the retirement of the baby-boom generation considered a problem for the future of Social Security?

• A) Retirees vote less often than younger voters and the baby boomers have been big supporters of Social Security.
• B) More retirees mean more people on Medicare, which shares a funding pool with Social Security.
• C) Retirees tend to cluster in certain states, which means that the states they are moving from will lose the benefits of their Social Security payments.
• D) Social Security functions best when there are fewer workers and more retirees, thus increasing support for the program.
• E) Retiring baby boomers will reduce the number of workers per retiree and strain the financial resources of the program.

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