1. In what ways do younger workers pay for Social Security benefits received by retired workers?

2. Should the Social Security earnings test be eliminated? What are the benefits and costs of doing so?

3. How would the distribution of income change if Social Security were privatized?

4. Who pays the economic cost of Social Security? In what ways?

5. Why don't we give poor people more cash welfare in- stead of in-kind transfers like food stamps, housing as- sistance, and Medicaid?