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Proposition 13

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by sandeep_thaparianz » Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:46 am
With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years); and if your neighbor bought an identical house next door to you for $200,000 this year, his tax would be $2,000 (1 percent of $200,000). Without Proposition 13, both you and your neighbor would pay $6,000 a year in property taxes (3 percent of $200,000).
Which of the following is the conclusion for which the author most likely is arguing in the passage above?
(A) Proposition 13 is unconstitutional because it imposes an unequal tax on properties of equal value.
(B) If Proposition 13 is repealed, every homeowner is likely to experience a substantial increase in property taxes.
(C) By preventing inflation from driving up property values, Proposition 13 has saved homeowners thousands of dollars in property taxes.
(D) If Proposition 13 is not repealed, identical properties will continue to be taxed at different rates.
(E) Proposition 13 has benefited some homeowners more than others.

[spoiler]OA is B.

confusion is in B it is using a strong word EVERY.while C seems to be fine.[/spoiler]
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by kulhot » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:46 pm
IMO B.

(C) By preventing inflation from driving up property values, Proposition 13 has saved homeowners thousands of dollars in property taxes.

The cause(highlighted in red) may/may not be true.
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by vk_vinayak » Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:18 am
kulhot wrote:IMO B.

(C) By preventing inflation from driving up property values, Proposition 13 has saved homeowners thousands of dollars in property taxes.

The cause(highlighted in red) may/may not be true.
Agreed. Inflation is out of scope.
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:24 am
The word 'every' in answer B is not too strong. Proposition 13 has apparently kept the taxes low for ALL homeowners. That's why there are two examples given in the premises.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:16 pm
On a more typical Inference question, such as "which of the following must be true on the basis of the statements above?", "every" in B could be too strong.

However, we're not necessarily looking for a 100% true conclusion on this one; we're looking for what the author is arguing for. A key distinction, I believe.
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