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by goyalsau » Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:23 am
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Gloria : Those who advocate tuition tax credits for parents whose children attend private schools maintain that people making no use of a government service should not be forced to pay for it. Yet those who choose to buy bottled water rather than drink water from the local supply are not therefore exempt from paying taxes to maintain the local water supply.
Roger: Your argument is illogical. Children are required by law to attend school. Since school attendance is a matter not of choice, but of legal requirement, it is unfair for the government to force some parents to pay for it twice.
Which of the following responds by Gloria would best refute Roger's charge that her argument is illogical
a) Those who can afford the tuition at a high-priced private school can well bear the same tax burden as those whose children attend public schools.
b) If tuition tax credits are granted, the tax burden on parents who choose public schools will rise to an intolerable level.
c) Both bottled water and private schools are luxury items, and it is unfair that some citizens should be able to afford then while others cannot.
d) Although drinking water is not required by law, its it necessary for all people, and therefore my analogy is appropriate.
e) The law does not say that parents must send their children to private schools, only that the children must attend some kind of school, whether public or private.
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by kvcpk » Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:38 am
Have you tried searching for these posts on BTG?
I am sure you will find almost all of these.

Here are a couple of links for this qn. Check and post back if you have query.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/tax-credit-t31814.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/uition-tax-c ... 20715.html
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by goyalsau » Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:02 am
I am not able to figure out what is the correct answer
some says D , some says E.

in the explanation D was the correct answer. but i am still able to understand the analogy between water and education....

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by kvcpk » Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:09 am
goyalsau wrote:I am not able to figure out what is the correct answer
some says D , some says E.

in the explanation D was the correct answer. but i am still able to understand the analogy between water and education....
Do you have the OA for this?
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by goyalsau » Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:41 am
Official Answer of this D.

But not able to figure out why?

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by kvcpk » Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:50 am
goyalsau wrote:Official Answer of this D.

But not able to figure out why?
Have you checked this link?
https://www.beatthegmat.com/tax-credit-t ... tml#265915
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by ov25 » Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:08 am
prefer E without any hesitation....

if you want to refute a persons logic...use the same premises as the person -- law does not require that children go to private schools..

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by vishalj » Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:52 am
Per Gloria's argument, everyone should shoulder the burden of tax of personal choice whether he or she uses public resources or not. Gloria poses two examples assuming that they are analogous. 1. Everyone pays taxes for local supply whether drink from local supply or buy bottled water and pay additional tax. 2. Similarly, parents pay taxes for public education whether their children go to public school or their children go to private school and pay additional tax.

Roger attacks at one point - that these two examples are not analogous by saying that tuition tax statement is based on assumption of legal requirement ( means it's been forced by external factor so there is no choice).

Per question, Gloria needs to provide additional information to proof that both analogies are based on similar assumption and considered Roger's argument.

The answer should mention about the bottled water analogy since Roger attacks the tuition tax analogy. Only C and D mention about it. We all know that C is wrong. Now D is saying that the bottled water analogy is bound by the similar assumption - necessary for people and hence people can't choose to not drink. In gist, in both analogy, people don't have a choice.

E is wrong because it does not defend bottled water analogy. This question is about being defensive and must protect the integrity of Gloria's argument. However, E is being offensive and attacks Roger's argument.

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by diebeatsthegmat » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:53 am
goyalsau wrote:Q.2-
Gloria : Those who advocate tuition tax credits for parents whose children attend private schools maintain that people making no use of a government service should not be forced to pay for it. Yet those who choose to buy bottled water rather than drink water from the local supply are not therefore exempt from paying taxes to maintain the local water supply.
Roger: Your argument is illogical. Children are required by law to attend school. Since school attendance is a matter not of choice, but of legal requirement, it is unfair for the government to force some parents to pay for it twice.
Which of the following responds by Gloria would best refute Roger's charge that her argument is illogical
a) Those who can afford the tuition at a high-priced private school can well bear the same tax burden as those whose children attend public schools.
b) If tuition tax credits are granted, the tax burden on parents who choose public schools will rise to an intolerable level.
c) Both bottled water and private schools are luxury items, and it is unfair that some citizens should be able to afford then while others cannot.
d) Although drinking water is not required by law, its it necessary for all people, and therefore my analogy is appropriate.
e) The law does not say that parents must send their children to private schools, only that the children must attend some kind of school, whether public or private.
hey,
i remember i answered the whole 5 questions you posted in a page and i answered D, now i still choose D
but i search and find the correct answer and some said the OA is A some said OA D so i dont understand anything.
A seems to be out of scope for me...
since this questions has so many ideas of correct answer and since CR 1000 is not really a source in which we can believe 100%
the best is to ignore this one....
dont confuse yourself because of it. confusing it just make your logic worse

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by paddle_sweep » Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:57 am
I have seen lot of debate on the answer choices related to questions from 1000 CR. Also, the questions themselves are not as well framed as that of questions from other sources.

I request all members to quote the source. Could you confirm the source of this question? If it's from 1000 CR then I would prefer to give my priority to other questions.