What is the concern regarding the long-term viability of Social Security?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain how Social Security is not funded as a typical pension program. Rather, current workers pay the benefits of current retirees.
2. Explain that receipts currently exceed benefits with the surplus deposited in the Social Security Trust Fund. However, the federal government has used that money (loaned money to itself) to pay for other expenses.
3. Explain that Social Security will soon start paying out more in benefits than it receives in taxes because there are fewer workers paying for an increasing number of retirees.
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California, in its Proposition 19, differed from other states in attempting
a. to legalize medical marijuana. b. to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. c. to make possession of marijuana a crime. d. to pass laws concerning marijuana use more stringent than federal law.
The Bill of Rights guarantees rights of the people to peaceably assemble, but the Supreme Court has allowed local governments to do which of the following?
A. Regulate the size of any and all assemblies, on public or private property B. Limit the duration and loudness of demonstrations, allowing officials to eliminate business disruptions C. Prohibit demonstrations by religious or hate groups D. Require permits for parades and demonstrations, allowing officials to control traffic or prevent demonstrations from turning into riots E. Prohibit demonstrations staged in religious enclaves