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Which of the following best completes the passage below? “Government” does not exist as an independent entity defining policy. Instead there exists a group of democratically elected pragmatists sensitive to the electorate, who establish policies that will result in their own reelection. Therefore, if public policy is hostile to, say, environmental concerns, it is not because of governmental perversity but because elected officials believe that______ (A) environmentalists would be extremely difficult to satisfy with any policy, however environmentally sound (B) environmental concerns are being accommodated as well as public funds permit (C) the public is overly anxious about environmental deterioration (D) the majority of voters vote for certain politicians because of those politicians’ idiosyncratic positions on policy issues (E) the majority of voters do not strongly wish for a different policy
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Re: “Government” does not exist as an independent entity [#permalink]
27 Jan 2010, 20:26
Clear E, will explain if E is the OA 
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SudiptoGmat wrote: Which of the following best completes the passage below?
“Government” does not exist as an independent entity defining policy. Instead there exists a group of democratically elected pragmatists sensitive to the electorate, who establish policies that will result in their own reelection. Therefore, if public policy is hostile to, say, environmental concerns, it is not because of governmental perversity but because elected officials believe that______
(A) environmentalists would be extremely difficult to satisfy with any policy, however environmentally sound
(B) environmental concerns are being accommodated as well as public funds permit
(C) the public is overly anxious about environmental deterioration
(D) the majority of voters vote for certain politicians because of those politicians’ idiosyncratic positions on policy issues
(E) the majority of voters do not strongly wish for a different policyCorrect. A and E are the most relevant to the argument.I choose E because of the argument put fwd in the preceding sentence "who establish policies that will result in their own reelection".Thus if a policy is hostile to a certain group then it means that the majority does not wish for the policy , as if it were the case that the majority wishes for the a favorable policy then it would have been implemented. I hope i did not complicate things.
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Re: “Government” does not exist as an independent entity [#permalink]
28 Jan 2010, 08:31
A) environmentalists would be extremely difficult to satisfy with any policy, however environmentally sound
doesnt say why a certain policy is more adhered to
(B) environmental concerns are being accommodated as well as public funds permit
doesnot reason out why a particular policy is being oursued
(C) the public is overly anxious about environmental deterioration
contradcits the reasoning
(D) the majority of voters vote for certain politicians because of those politicians’ idiosyncratic positions on policy issues
CORRECT..thought the positions are idiosyncratic and crazy,these politicinas donot chnage the poisitions and hence
the policies because of their assumtion .
(E) the majority of voters do not strongly wish for a different policy
this sounds close but somehow "DONOT WISH STRONGLY" doesnot really map well to the assumtions of the politicns about what would get them back to power.
IMO D
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Re: “Government” does not exist as an independent entity [#permalink]
28 Jan 2010, 08:40
I am confussed can any one clear it with detail explanaletion
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28 Jan 2010, 13:46
OA
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29 Jan 2010, 00:07
I think e as it would not jeopardize reelection. c is my second choice
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Re: “Government” does not exist as an independent entity [#permalink]
10 May 2010, 07:01
IMO E. My 2 cents: 1. Whenever I face such CRs in which an example is quoted to explain a phenomenon then usually all the choices mentioning that example are INCORRECT. 2. As per the argument. These politicians are interested in their re-election. How? If the electorate is unhappy with the the stated policy then they will oppose to it and in that case these politicians will loose chances to get re-elected. So, it must be the lazy voters. SudiptoGmat wrote: Which of the following best completes the passage below?
“Government” does not exist as an independent entity defining policy. Instead there exists a group of democratically elected pragmatists sensitive to the electorate, who establish policies that will result in their own reelection. Therefore, if public policy is hostile to, say, environmental concerns, it is not because of governmental perversity but because elected officials believe that______
(A) environmentalists would be extremely difficult to satisfy with any policy, however environmentally sound
(B) environmental concerns are being accommodated as well as public funds permit
(C) the public is overly anxious about environmental deterioration
(D) the majority of voters vote for certain politicians because of those politicians’ idiosyncratic positions on policy issues
(E) the majority of voters do not strongly wish for a different policy
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