Critical Reasoning

19. Editor: Many candidates say that if elected they will
reduce governmental intrusion into voters' lives.
But voters actually elect politicians who instead
promise that the government will provide
assistance to solve their most pressing problems.
Governmental assistance, however, costs money,
and money can come only from taxes, which can
be considered a form of governmental intrusion.
Thus, governmental intrusion into the lives of
voters will rarely be substantially reduced over
time in a democracy.

Which one of the following, if true, would most
strengthen the editor's argument?
(A) Politicians who win their elections usually keep
their campaign promises.
(B) Politicians never promise what they really
intend to do once in office.
(C) The most common problems people have are
financial problems.
(D) Governmental intrusion into the lives of voters
is no more burdensome in nondemocratic
countries than it is in democracies.
(E) Politicians who promise to do what they
actually believe ought to be done are rarely
elected.

OA A