Q23 - Party spokesperson: The opposition

[ufoliu26]

I eliminated A, C, and D, and ended up choosing E instead of B. Can anyone explain how B applies in the stimulus?

[timmydoeslsat]

This argument tells us Political Party X wants the government to send $600 million tax dollars back to taxpayers to spend. But this idea, we conclude, would offer no real benefit.

The evidence for this claim is that the budget is required to be balanced, so the government would have to either raise taxes or lay off government workers. The first option would essentially contradict that idea in the first place, while the second option would not allow for a net increase in government spending.

So this argument shows that an advantage of sending back $600 million will come at a cost of a disadvantage.

Answer choice E is not good because this argument offers no reason to believe that the taxpayers would not actually spend the sent-back tax money. The problem lies in the fact of what benefit there ultimately will be.

[ufoliu26]

Answer choice E is not good because this argument offers no reason to believe that the taxpayers would not actually spend the sent-back tax money. The problem lies in the fact of what benefit there ultimately will be.

Thanx. I focused too much on the detail of a specific part of the argument, and overlooked the conclusion of the argument along with its entire supporting premises. The premises actually are trying to show why the proposal would end up to an illusory benefit.