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What element do the potential solutions of raising the retirement age, increasing payroll taxes, and reducing benefit payments all share?
Each one would completely solve the Social Security problem.
Each one would require someone to give up money and/or benefits.
Each one would be protested by people who are already retired.
Each one would force citizens to wait longer to collect benefits.
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They all require sacrifices — someone has to give up money and/or benefits.
- Raising the retirement age reduces or delays benefit payments (workers give up earlier access).
- Increasing payroll taxes takes more income from current workers and employers.
- Reducing benefit payments cuts what current or future beneficiaries receive.
The other statements aren’t true for all three (e.g., not every option by itself would completely solve the problem, and not all necessarily force a longer wait for everyone).
- Raising the retirement age reduces or delays benefit payments (workers give up earlier access).
- Increasing payroll taxes takes more income from current workers and employers.
- Reducing benefit payments cuts what current or future beneficiaries receive.
The other statements aren’t true for all three (e.g., not every option by itself would completely solve the problem, and not all necessarily force a longer wait for everyone).
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