Under Social Security, the surplus (the excess of tax receipts over benefit payments)

A. does not exist; the system runs at a deficit.
B. is invested in the form of US Treasury Notes (i.e. government debt).
C. is held in a "lockbox" for current workers when they retire.
D. is invested in stocks and corporate bonds.


Answer: B

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