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Abolish taxes, and real taxpayers would find that their disposable incomes have increased. Abolish taxes, and public employees would find that their incomes have disappeared.
Which one of the following is a logical conclusion that depends on information in both of the statements above?
(A) Public offices should be abolished so that disposable incomes will rise.
(B) The only real taxpayers are those who would have more to spend if they did not pay taxes.
(C) Public employees are not real taxpayers.
(D) Public employees’ incomes should not be taxed since they come from taxes.
(E) If there were no taxes, then public employees could not be paid.
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Re: CR1000 - public employees [#permalink]
28 Jan 2007, 22:08
kripalkavi wrote: Abolish taxes, and real taxpayers would find that their disposable incomes have increased. Abolish taxes, and public employees would find that their incomes have disappeared.
Which one of the following is a logical conclusion that depends on information in both of the statements above?
(A) Public offices should be abolished so that disposable incomes will rise.
(B) The only real taxpayers are those who would have more to spend if they did not pay taxes.
(C) Public employees are not real taxpayers.
(D) Public employees’ incomes should not be taxed since they come from taxes.
(E) If there were no taxes, then public employees could not be paid.
CHOICE C
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How about E?
I think public employees also pay tax.
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Any more answers?
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disposable incomes and incomes are not the same.
E
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C seems to be best.
if Public employees were real taxpayers their income should increase
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It's my first CR since last month...
I'll try with A.
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Abolish taxes, and real taxpayers would find that their disposable incomes have increased. Abolish taxes, and public employees would find that their incomes have disappeared.
Which one of the following is a logical conclusion that depends on information in both of the statements above?
(A) Public offices should be abolished so that disposable incomes will rise.
(B) The only real taxpayers are those who would have more to spend if they did not pay taxes.
(C) Public employees are not real taxpayers.
(D) Public employees’ incomes should not be taxed since they come from taxes.
(E) If there were no taxes, then public employees could not be paid.
E - BEST ANSWER
D - Question is not about whether Public Employees's income should be taxed or not. Question is what happens if the income is taxed. E answers that
C - The passage is not about whether PE are tax payers or not. Out of Scope
B - Out of Scope
A - The passage is playing out 2 scenarios of abolishing taxes. One in which the income will go up and the other in which the income will go down. The passage is not talking about whether the disposible income should be increased or decreased. Irrelevant
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Re: CR1000 - public employees [#permalink]
30 Jan 2007, 11:19
kripalkavi wrote: Abolish taxes, and real taxpayers would find that their disposable incomes have increased. Abolish taxes, and public employees would find that their incomes have disappeared.
Which one of the following is a logical conclusion that depends on information in both of the statements above?
(A) Public offices should be abolished so that disposable incomes will rise.
(B) The only real taxpayers are those who would have more to spend if they did not pay taxes.
(C) Public employees are not real taxpayers.
(D) Public employees’ incomes should not be taxed since they come from taxes.
(E) If there were no taxes, then public employees could not be paid.
E. conclusion comes directly from what is stated in the stem.
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I would go with C
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Re: CR1000 - public employees [#permalink]
30 Jan 2007, 12:11
buckkitty wrote: kripalkavi wrote: Abolish taxes, and real taxpayers would find that their disposable incomes have increased. Abolish taxes, and public employees would find that their incomes have disappeared.
Which one of the following is a logical conclusion that depends on information in both of the statements above?
(A) Public offices should be abolished so that disposable incomes will rise.
(B) The only real taxpayers are those who would have more to spend if they did not pay taxes.
(C) Public employees are not real taxpayers.
(D) Public employees’ incomes should not be taxed since they come from taxes.
(E) If there were no taxes, then public employees could not be paid. E. conclusion comes directly from what is stated in the stem. I'll go with C , the question states that the conclusion has to derive from BOTH statements, E just is derived from the 2nd statement
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Re: CR1000 - public employees [#permalink]
30 Jan 2007, 20:24
terp26 wrote: buckkitty wrote: kripalkavi wrote: Abolish taxes, and real taxpayers would find that their disposable incomes have increased. Abolish taxes, and public employees would find that their incomes have disappeared.
Which one of the following is a logical conclusion that depends on information in both of the statements above?
(A) Public offices should be abolished so that disposable incomes will rise.
(B) The only real taxpayers are those who would have more to spend if they did not pay taxes.
(C) Public employees are not real taxpayers.
(D) Public employees’ incomes should not be taxed since they come from taxes.
(E) If there were no taxes, then public employees could not be paid. E. conclusion comes directly from what is stated in the stem. I'll go with C , the question states that the conclusion has to derive from BOTH statements, E just is derived from the 2nd statement Ah! That's what I missed. I considered just the second statement! The OA is C
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Re: CR1000 - public employees [#permalink]
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kripalkavi wrote: terp26 wrote: buckkitty wrote: kripalkavi wrote: Abolish taxes, and real taxpayers would find that their disposable incomes have increased. Abolish taxes, and public employees would find that their incomes have disappeared.
Which one of the following is a logical conclusion that depends on information in both of the statements above?
(A) Public offices should be abolished so that disposable incomes will rise.
(B) The only real taxpayers are those who would have more to spend if they did not pay taxes.
(C) Public employees are not real taxpayers.
(D) Public employees’ incomes should not be taxed since they come from taxes.
(E) If there were no taxes, then public employees could not be paid. E. conclusion comes directly from what is stated in the stem. I'll go with C , the question states that the conclusion has to derive from BOTH statements, E just is derived from the 2nd statement Ah! That's what I missed. I considered just the second statement! The OA is CTricky. Good question. I see why C is correct now. A lesson that I need to pay closer attention to the question after the stem.
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I went with C but it was 50/50 for me between C and E.
Can anyone explain why C?
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TheRedRoost3r wrote: I went with C but it was 50/50 for me between C and E.
Can anyone explain why C?
If some body is a real taxpayer then when taxes are abolished, he would find that his disposable income has increased. But this is not happening in the case of public employees. For them their incomes have disappeared. That means public employees are not real taxpayers.
I guess ...you can use a venn diagram also to arrive at this conclusion.
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