perezhan wrote:
Aroca City currently funds its public schools through taxes on property. In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city. Critics protest that three percent of current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property taxes. The critics are correct on this point. Nevertheless, implementing the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca's schools. Several large retailers have selected Aroca City as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six percent and more. In consequence, retail sales in Aroca City are bound to increase substantially.
In the argument given, the two potions in boldface play which of the following roles?
(A) The first is an objection that has been raised against a certain plan; the second is a prediction that, if accurate, undermines the force of that objection.
Exactly the reasoning and the roles played by the bold face therefore let us hang on to it
(B) The first is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is a point the argument makes in favor of adopting an alternative plan.
First isn't a criticism but rather a fact that's portrayed and it's not portraying any alternative plans buut rather lending support to the initial plans
(C) The first is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is the main reason cited by the argument for its endorsement of the criticism.
This is not making any sense since it's way outside the reasoning circle hence out
(D) The first is a claim that the argument seeks to refute; the second is the main point used by the argument to show that the claim is false.
The claim was never false in the first instance but rather it was falling short of the requisite plans hence out
(E) The first is a claim that the argument accepts with certain reservations; the second presents that claim in a rewording that is not subject to those reservations.
These reservations are highly subjective and we are not in a position to credibly comment about the same
Therefore IMO A