The Social Security system was originally intended to be
a. a finite program during the Great Depression.
b. funded by the previous generation to pay for this generation’s current retirees.
c. a stock option.
d. a pay-as-you-go system.
e. funded by current workers who pay for their own retirement.
ANS: D
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