Amtown’s public schools are supported primarily by town property taxes. The town plans to eliminate the property tax and support schools with a new four-percent sales tax on all retail items sold in town. Four percent of current retail sales is substantially less than the amount currently collected through property taxes, but town planners believe that adopting this plan will not have a negative impact on the funds available for the town’s public schools because ______.

Which of the following most logically completes the argument?


(A) a new shopping center that will draw shoppers from neighboring towns will open this year in Amtown

(B) many Amtown residents are planning to leave town due to high property taxes

(C) a number of parents who currently send their children to Amtown’s public schools do not pay property taxes.

(D) the sales tax in neighboring towns is much higher than four percent

(E) Amtown was recently featured in a magazine as one of the top 10 weekend getaways from a nearby city.


OA A

Source: Manhattan Prep