Beyond weighing how a proposal would affect the federal budget and the economy, policymakers need to consider the balance struck between the twin goals of income adequacy (level and certainty of benefits) and individual equity (rates of return on individual contributions).
Individual equity isn't really a factor that policymakers should be weighing beside income adequacy.
mnli hypothesis: Individual equity isn't really a factor that policymakers should be weighing beside income adequacy. premise: Beyond weighing how a proposal would affect the federal budget and the economy, policymakers need to consider the balance struck between the twin goals of income adequacy (level and certainty of benefits) and individual equity (rates of return on individual contributions).