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. Press Secretary: Our critics claim that the President ' s recent highway project cancellations demonstrate a vindictive desire to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties. They offer as evidence the fact that 90 percent of the projects canceled were in such districts. But all of the canceled projects had been identified as wasteful in a report written by respected nonpartisan auditors. So the President ' s choice was clearly motivated by sound budgetary policy, not partisan politics.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the press secretary ' s argument depends?

A. Canceling highway projects was not the only way for the President to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties.
B. The scheduled highway projects identified as wasteful in the report were not mostly projects in districts controlled by the President ' s party.
C. The number of projects canceled was a significant proportion of all the highway projects that were to be undertaken by the government in the near future.
D. The highway projects canceled in districts controlled by the President ' s party were not generally more expensive than the projects canceled in districts controlled by opposition parties.
E. Reports by nonpartisan auditors are not generally regarded by the opposition parties as a source of objective assessments of government projects.

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by sirikesav » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:25 am
Is the answer E.

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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:36 am
The answer is (B).

The press secretary says that the report labeled the canceled projects as wasteful, but doesn't make any mention of how the report labeled the non-canceled projects.

For example, if the report identified a total of 200 wasteful projects, 90 in opposing party districts and 110 in his own party districts, and the president cancelled all 90 of the opposing and only 10 of his own, then there would be a strong case for bias.
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by wessi » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:11 am
Just looked up the answer ans it was B!

Thank you so very much, Stuart! Got it clearly!

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by rookiez » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:57 am
can someone pls explain this?

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by james33 » Sun May 15, 2016 8:19 pm
I would go with option E as the correct option