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by rashmi.kaushal » Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:17 am
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed new federal requirements for driver's licenses that would allow them to be used as part of a national identification system. Using licenses for purposes not directly related to operating a motor vehicle is un-American because it would require U.S. citizens to carry the equivalent of "papers." Such a requirement would allow the government to restrict their movements and activities in the manner of totalitarian regimes. In time, this could make other limits on freedom acceptable.

The author assumes which of the following?

A)The next presidential election will be dishonest, as has happened in eastern European countries.

B)The government will soon start curtailing the activities of those it considers "dissidents."

C)Blanket restrictions on law-abiding individuals are contrary to the traditions of American culture and law.

D)The majority of Americans are not willing to give up their right to travel and move about without identification.

E)Americans should resist all government regulation of their lives.

Not able to understand the argument, can anyone pl explain ?

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by FightWithGMAT » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:01 am
rashmi.kaushal wrote:The Department of Homeland Security has proposed new federal requirements for driver's licenses that would allow them to be used as part of a national identification system. Using licenses for purposes not directly related to operating a motor vehicle is un-American because it would require U.S. citizens to carry the equivalent of "papers." Such a requirement would allow the government to restrict their movements and activities in the manner of totalitarian regimes. In time, this could make other limits on freedom acceptable.

The author assumes which of the following?

A)The next presidential election will be dishonest, as has happened in eastern European countries.

B)The government will soon start curtailing the activities of those it considers "dissidents."

C)Blanket restrictions on law-abiding individuals are contrary to the traditions of American culture and law.

D)The majority of Americans are not willing to give up their right to travel and move about without identification.

E)Americans should resist all government regulation of their lives.

Not able to understand the argument, can anyone pl explain ?

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Main conclusion of the argument is
Using licenses for purposes not directly related to operating a motor vehicle is un-American

It assumes that

Putting more restrictions on citizens is not what America likes.

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by rashmi.kaushal » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:43 am
Why not D ?