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Boomer Retirement

by sumanr84 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:11 am
The anticipated retirement of tens of thousands of baby boomers will create an unprecedented opportunity to move significant numbers of people into career-track jobs at family-supporting incomes. Major industries, from health care and construction to automotive repair, will soon face deep shortages of workers as a result of projected growth and boomer retirements. Fortunately, many of these jobs have relatively low barriers to entry and could be filled by out-of-work young people. To achieve this result, the city government should convene employers and educators to determine how best to create paths of upward mobility in these fields.

Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?
1. Immigration reform will limit the pool of available workers.
2. Government efforts have been shown to affect employment trends only rarely.
3. The best available positions require skills not possessed by the vast majority of the unemployed.
4. A small proportion of baby boomers will not retire as soon as is anticipated.
5. Many out-of-work young people are unaware of these looming employment opportunities.

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by mmon » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:18 am
imo b. though e seems to weaken but on closer look it strengthens showing that employers are not aware.
but in b it clearly states that goverment fails/(rarely) to help thus weaking the conclusion

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by gmatmachoman » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:34 pm
[spoiler]B says---- Cut the crap of the efforts taken by Goverment.Simply, Dont believe Govt boss!!
So it weakens the argument.[/spoiler]B says Cut the crap of the efforts taken by Goverment.Simply, Dont believe Govt boss!!
So it weakens the argument.

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by komal » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:55 am
The anticipated retirement of tens of thousands of baby boomers will create an unprecedented opportunity to move significant numbers of people into career-track jobs at family-supporting incomes. Major industries, from health care and construction to automotive repair, will soon face deep shortages of workers as a result of projected growth and boomer retirements. Fortunately, many of these jobs have relatively low barriers to entry and could be filled by out-of-work young people. To achieve this result, the city government should convene employers and educators to determine how best to create paths of upward mobility in these fields.

Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?
1. Immigration reform will limit the pool of available workers. -
INCORRECT : THIS STRENGTHENS THE ARGUMENT BY SHOWING THERE WILL BE SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE WORKERS

2. Government efforts have been shown to affect employment trends only rarely.
CORRECT : WEAKENS THE ARGUMENT BY SHOWING THAT EVEN WHEN THE CAUSE OCCURS (govt efforts) the EFFECT DOES NOT OCCUR

3. The best available positions require skills not possessed by the vast majority of the unemployed.
INCORRECT : THIS IS CLEARLY OUT OF SCOPE, ARGUMENT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 'BEST AVAILABLE POSITIONS' but POSITIONS IN GENERAL

4. A small proportion of baby boomers will not retire as soon as is anticipated.
INCORRECT : THIS ACTUALLY STRENGTHENS THE ARGUMENT BY INFERRING THAT THERE MIGHT NOT B A 'DEEP SHORTAGE OF WORKERS'

5. Many out-of-work young people are unaware of these looming employment opportunities.
INCORRECT : THIS AGAIN STRENGTHENS THE ARGUMENT

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by sumanr84 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:13 am
OA : B, explanation as suggested by Komal in detail..

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by mgmt_gmat » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:05 am
IMO (B)

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by hrishi19884 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:07 am
mgmt_gmat wrote:IMO (B)
Reasons??
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