10. How did Congress decide to pay for Social Security costs? a national sales tax
a tax on large estates
a tax on workers' paychecks
the sale of federal bonds

What was the national government’s biggest concern if facing a war, under the articles of confederation? the national government had no national military. the country had grown too large to defend with a small army. the states would not back the federal government. there was no way the states would pay for fighting a war.