Social Security Benefits Are Intended to Make Every Older Person

question 44

True/False

Social Security benefits are intended to make every older person financially independent.

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Definitions:

Tax

A compulsory financial charge imposed by a government on individuals or entities to fund various public expenditures.

Marginal Social Benefit

An additional gain to society derived from consuming or producing another unit of a good or service.

Marginal Social Cost

An increased charge to the general public for the creation of one more unit of a product or service.

Pollution

The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.