The Retirement Income System Most Seriously Fails for Which of the Following

question 36

Multiple Choice

The retirement income system most seriously fails for which of the following?

• A) the upper-class, who are disproportionately taxed in retirement
• B) the middle-class, who suffer extreme changes in lifestyle because of differences between pre-retirement and retirement incomes
• C) women, who have different work patterns than men
• D) landed immigrants, who contribute to the public pension system, yet receive only partial pensions

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

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Dependent Variable

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