One proposed solution to the funding problems faced by social security and medicare is to increase the retirement age from 67 to 70. although this would mean billions of dollars in savings for these federal programs, an unintended consequence may be:

a. a decrease in life expectancy.
b. an increase in the unemployment rate.
c. an increased number of elderly people in the workforce.
d. less incentive for people to work longer.
e. an increased incentive for people to work longer.

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills. what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i. e, his fifth year, not his junior year).