Critical Reasoning

Governments have only one response to public criticism of socially necessary services: regulation of the activity of providing those services. But governments inevitably make the activity more expensive by regulating it, and that is particularly troublesome in these times of strained financial resources. However, since public criticism of child-care services has undermined all confidence in such services, and since such services are socially necessary, the government is certain to respond.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

(A) The quality of child care will improve
(B) The cost of providing child-care services will increase.
(C) The government will use funding to foster advances in child care.
(D) If public criticism of policy is strongly voiced, the government is certain to respond.
(E) If child-care services are not regulated, the cost of providing child care will not increase.

OA - B

Source - Aristotle Prep

neeti2711 wrote:Governments have only one response to public criticism of socially necessary services: regulation of the activity of providing those services. But governments inevitably make the activity more expensive by regulating it, and that is particularly troublesome in these times of strained financial resources. However, since public criticism of child-care services has undermined all confidence in such services, and since such services are socially necessary, the government is certain to respond.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

(A) The quality of child care will improve
(B) The cost of providing child-care services will increase.
(C) The government will use funding to foster advances in child care.
(D) If public criticism of policy is strongly voiced, the government is certain to respond.
(E) If child-care services are not regulated, the cost of providing child care will not increase.

OA - C

Source - Aristotle Prep

Since public criticism of child-care services has undermined all confidence in such services, and since such services are socially necessary, the government is certain to respond.
HOW will the government respond?
Governments have only one response to public criticism of socially necessary services: REGULATION.
What is the RESULT of regulation?
Governments inevitably make the activity MORE EXPENSIVE.
Thus, it must be true that child-care services will become more expensive, supporting B:
The cost of providing child-care services will increase.

The correct answer is not C but B.

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