Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing
America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. With the
productivity of U.S. industry stagnant, or even declining slightly, the economic
pie is no longer growing. Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an
unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further
increases in wages and benefits. And in the past, when the pie was still growing,
management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its
growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of
workers.
Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical
weakness in the argument above?
(A) Although the economic pie is no longer growing, the portion of the pie
allocated to American workers remains unjustly small.
(B) If management fails to accommodate the demands of workers, labor leaders
will be forced to call strikes that will cripple the operation of industry.
(C) Although productivity is stagnant, the U.S. population is growing, so that the
absolute size of the economic pie continues to grow as well.
(D) As a labor leader, I can be concerned only with the needs of working people,
not with the problems faced by management.
(E) The stagnation of U.S. industry has been caused largely by factors-such as
foreign competition-beyond the control of American workers.
OA is A
What makes option A the best bet here, I would love an explanation form an Expert.
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