Critical Reasoning

For decades the region's budget has slowly receded into a fiscal slump. The effects of the slump have been felt at every level of government because the government can no longer offer other jurisdictions the subsidies that it had been able to provide in the past. Therefore, to ease the fiscal burden the government must both look to trim expenditures, and stimulate new revenues.

The answer to which of the following questions would be most important in determining whether implementing the proposal would be likely to achieve the desired result?

A) Will the subsidies continue to be needed by local jurisdictions?

B) Will the subsidies by the government continue to be supported by the public?

C) Will the proposed measures stimulate the region's economy?

D) Are there enough non-essential items in the budget available to cut?

E) Is the region's economy headed for a future recession?



OA D

Source: EMPOWERgmat