Candidate for Mayor: My opponent argues that the

[benkriger]

Candidate for Mayor: My opponent argues that the best way to increase the city's tax revenues is to double the tax on rental cars so that non-residents provide the bulk of the additional income. This plan is unethical because it constitutes taxation without representation: we should not excessively tax those who cannot vote on the plan. Moreover, if car rental prices are too high in our city, people may simply rent cars in neighboring cities to avoid the tax surcharge.

The candidate responds to her opponent's plan by ______.

A) Introducing a moral quandary that cannot be resolved without additional data.
B) Arguing for an alternate strategy by which to accomplish the declared objective.
C) Claiming that the opponent's proposal contains inaccurate data.
D) Implying that the plan may result in the opposite of the intended effect.
E)Demonstrating that her opponent's plan would fail to achieve its goal.

Question:

B) This explanation states that B is wrong, because the mayor does not offer an alternative strategy. But is it not true that "we should not excessively tax those who cannot vote on the plan" is actually an alternative strategy?

[aliassad]

Saying "something is not X" is not equivalent to saying that something is B.

Analogy.

Candidate 1 : Increase the taxes:

Candidate 2: Increased taxes will not lead to the desired outcome

Candidate 3: Rather than increasing taxes we should reduce expenses

Now in above situation candidate 3 represents an alternative whereas candidate 2 opposes the proposal without offering any alternative.

Please also post the OA

Is it D?

[benkriger]

It is D

[tim]

let us know if there are any further questions on this one..

[AbhishekP523]

Hi ,
My doubt is with "E" as she has replied completely in way that "that her opponent's plan would fail to achieve its goal" on the other hand in "D" I hope it means
taxes instead of increasing may decrease as that may happen too, but to a city one can imagine or assume that city's tax revenue may rely on different sources.
Can anyone please highlight where I am going wrong here.

[fayea395]

let us know if there are any further questions on this one..

I had answered E and do not really understand why this is wrong?

As the mayor candidate IS saying that the opponent's plan would fail? The Ans Explanation says "demonstrating" is a bit strong of a word here, but I think the mayor candidate IS going that far actually while running for mayor...

And looking at D, even if the plan could lead to less tourists, how do we know the tax would in fact decrease? It could also stay the same...

[tim]

E conveys a level of uncertainty that is definitely not there in the argument. Read the argument again and you'll see that E does not align with the way the argument is worded.