How have politicians recently been forced to place Social Security on the public agenda?

a. More retirees are opting for private retirement accounts than relying on federal funds.
b. Several major corporations have recently begun refusing to contribute to their employees’ retirement funds.
c. The costs of Social Security have threatened to overwhelm its revenues.
d. The Social Security program has a large surplus, while all other federal programs are operating with significant deficits.
e. There are too few Social Security recipients to justify the expense of maintaining the cost of its administration.

ANS: C