Q6 1000 CR

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vivek.kapoor83: Legendary Member; Posts: 833; Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:56 am; Thanked: 13 times

by vivek.kapoor83 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:56 am

A law requiring companies to offer employees unpaid time off to care for their children will harm the economic competitiveness of our nation’s businesses. Companies must be free to set their own employment policies without mandated parental-leave regulations.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion of the argument above?
(A) A parental-leave law will serve to strengthen the family as a social institution in this country.
(B) Many businesses in this country already offer employees some form of parental leave.
(C) Some of the countries with the most economically competitive businesses have strong parental-leave regulations.
(D) Only companies with one hundred or more employees would be subject to the proposed parental-leave law.
(E) In most polls, a majority of citizens say they favor passage of a parental-leave law.

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anju: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 258; Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:15 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 7 times

by anju » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:14 am

C.

Stimulus is about parental-leave regulations and economic competitiveness of our nation’s businesses so the only option that weakens the stimulus is C.

pkamoako: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 24; Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:22 am

by pkamoako » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:27 am

It should be either C or B. However C is the stronger answer because it does argue that strong parental leave will not impede the economic competitiveness. B does not talk about the economy impact on the nation.

crackgmat007: Legendary Member; Posts: 882; Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:57 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 15 times; GMAT Score:690

by crackgmat007 » Tue May 26, 2009 3:16 pm

I was thinking B is a best bet since some employers are already offering such unpaid time offs. But to support this, I assumed that the economic competitiveness is fine already and the passage of unpaid time off regulations will not have an impact on the economic competitiveness.

Can someone clarify whether assuming something like this is not appropriate?

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mbadrew: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 198; Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:16 am; Location: San Francisco; Thanked: 14 times

by mbadrew » Tue May 26, 2009 3:46 pm

crackgmat007 wrote:I was thinking B is a best bet since some employers are already offering such unpaid time offs. But to support this, I assumed that the economic competitiveness is fine already and the passage of unpaid time off regulations will not have an impact on the economic competitiveness.

Can someone clarify whether assuming something like this is not appropriate?

Conclusion--companies should be free to create leave of abscence policies, and not be mandated by government regulations....because it can hurt the nations productivity

B--there's no logical comparison to weaken the arguement. Infact, this choices slightly strengthen the arguement.

C--weakens the arguement by providing a logical comparison.

mehravikas: Legendary Member; Posts: 1161; Joined: Mon May 12, 2008 2:52 amFollowed by: 1 member; Location: Sydney; Thanked: 23 times

by mehravikas » Tue May 26, 2009 5:31 pm

IMO - C

caprion: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 21; Joined: Mon May 25, 2009 9:40 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by caprion » Tue May 26, 2009 9:32 pm

I will go with C.

james33: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 200; Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2015 10:27 am

by james33 » Sun May 15, 2016 7:45 pm

Answer is clearly C here.

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