Suppose that the government wants to increase Social Security taxes by $1 per hour of work and is undecided between increasing the tax on workers and increasing the tax on employers. According to the last sentence of this chapter, "the resolution of this conflict ultimately makes not one bit of difference to anybody."
a. Explain the meaning of the quoted sentence, in terms that could be understood by a person who had never taken an economics course.
b. Use graphs to explain why the quoted sentence must be true, in terms that could be understood by your fellow students.