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Quiz #24

 
Legislation in 1977 altered the benefit formula for future beneficiaries. This change was phased-in over a five-year period. Individuals who fell within this five-year phase-in period (those born 1917-1921) came to see themselves as being unfairly treated. What titles came to be used to describe this period and the individuals involved?
A. The Gap, and Gap Babies
B. The Unfair Years, and the Disadvantaged
C. The Notch, and Notch Babies
D. The Valley of the Five, and Fivers

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