Governor Kipling

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Governor Kipling

by kaulnikhil » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:43 am
Governor Kipling, responding to reports that many of his constituents were calling for his impeachment, told reporters: "The people behind this impeachment movement charge me with exacerbating our state's unemployment problems. By raising corporate taxes, they claim I forced many labor-intensive industries to leave the state. What they don't realize, however, is that my purpose as stated before the legislature was to raise revenues to fund a statewide jobs program, which they could read in the Official Journal. They prefer to persecute me for wanting to create jobs and ease our state's economic woes."

The principal flaw in Governor Kipling's argument is best indicated by which of the following?
(A) There is no guarantee that a statewide jobs program would be effective in reducing unemployment.
(B) The number of jobs created by a statewide jobs program would not offset the number of jobs lost as a result of the tax hike.
(C) The Governor's constituents want to impeach him because of the effects, not the intent of his tax hike.
(D) The Governor's claim about the intent of his tax hike is impossible to verify.
(E) Raising taxes is not an effective way of creating jobs in industry.
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by subgeeth » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:51 am
IMO C

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by paddle_sweep » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:23 pm
Please post the OA. I would go with 'B'.

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by kaulnikhil » Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:07 am
paddle_sweep wrote:Please post the OA. I would go with 'B'.
OA C

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by ironstar37 » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:24 am
IMO (C)

A: The argument is not referring to unemployment.
B: Too strong. Premise does not discuss the number of jobs lost and or gained.
C: Correct. Governor replies by stating his intent for the tax hike, but constituents are referring to the outcome of his proposal.
D: Could be true, but C is better.
E: Out of Scope.