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A recent report on an environmental improvement program was criticized for focusing solely on pragmatic solutions to the large number of significant problems that plague the program instead of seriously trying to produce a coherent vision for the future of the program. In response the report’s authors granted that the critics had raised a valid point but explained that, to do anything at all, the program needed continued government funding, and that to get such funding the program first needed to regain a reputation for competence.
Which one of the following, if true, would best serve the critics of the report in their attempt to undermine the position taken by the report’s authors?
(A) The government does not actually provide a full l00 percent of the program’s funding.
(B) The program will continue to have numerous serious problems precisely because it lacks a coherent vision for its future.
(C) The program had a coherent vision at its inception, but that vision has proved impossible to sustain.
(D) The government has threatened to cut off funding for the program but has not acted yet on this threat.
(E) The program has acquired a worse reputation for incompetence than it deserves.
Which one of the following, if true, would best serve the critics of the report in their attempt to undermine the position taken by the report’s authors?
(A) The government does not actually provide a full l00 percent of the program’s funding.
(B) The program will continue to have numerous serious problems precisely because it lacks a coherent vision for its future.
(C) The program had a coherent vision at its inception, but that vision has proved impossible to sustain.
(D) The government has threatened to cut off funding for the program but has not acted yet on this threat.
(E) The program has acquired a worse reputation for incompetence than it deserves.
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Which one of the following, if true, would best serve the critics of the report in their attempt to undermine the position taken by the report’s authors?
(A) The government does not actually provide a full l00 percent of the program’s funding.
PROBLEM: Doesn't have to be a full 100%. Now, if it only provided 1%, that would be a different issue.
(B) The program will continue to have numerous serious problems precisely because it lacks a coherent vision for its future.
ANSWER: This means that they will never be seen as competent until they worry about the future, so the authors argument doesn't make any sense.
(C) The program had a coherent vision at its inception, but that vision has proved impossible to sustain.
PROBLEM: This wouldn't help at all. In fact, it might even hurt the argument to say that the vision is impossible to sustain (because then why would it be worth worrying about?).
(D) The government has threatened to cut off funding for the program but has not acted yet on this threat.
PROBLEM: Again, this would probably HELP the author's argument, because their worries about government funding in the present are critical.
(E) The program has acquired a worse reputation for incompetence than it deserves.
PROBLEM: This doesn't help anyone, because even if the program isn't as bad as it sounds, it still needs funding, and it still needs vision.
Hope that helps!
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