(I) Current Social Security Retirees Typically Receive Real Benefits That

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Multiple Choice

(I) Current Social Security retirees typically receive real benefits that are equal to three or four times the amount of their contributions into the system. (II) Current young workers can expect to receive real benefits less than their contributions into the system.

• A) I is true; II is false.
• B) I is false; II is true.
• C) Both I and II are false.
• D) Both I and II are true.

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