Which of the following is a possible solution to the long-term problem of solvency in the Social Security program?
a. increase benefits for retirees who have substantial income from other sources
b. increase the minimum retirement age
c. revise the inflation adjustment formula for benefits so that recipients would receive more of a raise every year
d. lower the payroll tax contribution
b
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The tax cut initiated by President George W. Bush
A) made the tax system less regressive. B) made the tax system less progressive. C) gave the biggest cuts in tax rates to people earning the lowest incomes. D) cut the taxes of all Americans by an equal rate. E) were abandoned by President Barack Obama in 2008.
An independent, territorially defined community in the global system administered by a sovereign government is a(n)
a. nonstate actor. b. state. c. government. d. cultural group. e. actor.
According to Hiscox, in addition to identifying the policy preferences of various domestic actors, what else do we need to know in order to understand the domestic sources of foreign economic policies?
a. whether or not the state is governed democratically b. the degree of interdependence within the international system c. how these preferences are expressed through political institutions d. how powerful the state is, relative to the other states in the system e. the preferences of the other states with which economic interaction takes place
The substantial rise in independent voters between the late 1960s and 1980s could have been an indication of __________
a. realignment b. de-alignment c. progressive reforms d. issue evolution e. the responsible party model