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The idea of privatizing Social Security would
 
  a. make payments towards retirement optional.
  b. invest mandatory payments into the stock market.
  c. allow workers to invest their Social Security taxes into a self-employed business.
  d. put mandatory payments into a savings account with a private banking institution.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a factor contributing to the predicted bankruptcy of the Social Security system?
 
  a. Social Security is a trust fund.
  b. the baby-boomer generation will be retiring.
  c. people are living longer.
  d. women have been having more children since the 1960s.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: d





 

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