Given the Way Social Security Is Financed,which of the Following

question 95

Multiple Choice

Given the way Social Security is financed,which of the following is true?

• A)Social Security results in a transfer of income from the old to the young
• B)Social Security results in a transfer of income from the young to the old
• C)Social Security has a neutral effect on the nation's income distribution
• D)The purchasing power of the elderly has been diminished by Social Security taxes
• E)(a)and (d)

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