OG11 Q. No. 91

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OG11 Q. No. 91

by astrologer » Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:30 pm
Businesses are suffering bacause of a lack of money available for development loans. To help businesses, the government plans to modify the income-tax structure in order to induce taxpayers to put a larger portion of their incomes into retirements savings accounts, because as more money is deposited in such accounts, more money becomes available to borrowers.

Which of the following, if true, raises the most serious doubt regarding the effectiveness of the government's plan to increase the amount of money available for development loans for business?


(A) When levels of personal retirement savings increase, consumer borrowing always increases correspondingly.

(B) The increased tax revenue the government would receive as a result of business expansion would not offset the loss in revenue from personal income taxes during the first year of the plan.

(C) Even with tax incentives, some people will choose not to increase their levels of retirement savings.

(D) Bankers generally will not continue to lend money to businesses whose prospective earnings are insufficient to meet their loan repayment schedules.

(E) The modified tax structure would give all taxpayers, regardless of their incomes, the same tax savings for a given increase in their retirement savings.


Shall the answer not be C ?
OA is not C. Rather it is the one which casts a doubt only if an extra assumptions is taken. I'll explain how later.
Before that, can somebody explain .. why not C?
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by loki.gmat » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:11 am
C says "some people will choose not to increase their levels of retirement savings. "

now some people can indicate a very few number of people. if the majority of the people increase their levels of retirement savings, a few not doing it wont have a major impact.

hence C is incorrect.

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by arorag » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:21 am
OA is E

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by astrologer » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:38 am
No .. OA is A.

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by loki.gmat » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:08 am
If A is true, then consumer borrowings will increase n decrease the amount of money available in the market for businesses to acquire development loans.this casts some serious doubt regarding the effectiveness of the government's plan.

hence IMO A.

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by lunarpower » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:07 am
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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 12:21 am
A seems to be the best choice here