Because a large disparity in pay between the public and private sectors has developed in recent years, many experienced and extremely capable government administrators have quit their posts and taken positions in private-sector management. Government will be able to recapture these capable administrators by raising salaries to a level comparable to those of the private sector. In that way, the functioning of public agencies will be improved. The position taken above presupposes which one of the following? (A) Experience gained from private-sector management will be very valuable in government administration. (B) The most important factor determining how well government agencies function is the amount of experience the administrators have. (C) Unless government action is taken, the disparity in pay between government administration and private-sector management will continue to increase. (D) People who moved from jobs in government administration to private-sector management would choose to change careers again. (E) If the disparity in pay between government administration and private-sector management increases, administrators will move to the public sector in large numbers.

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Can some expert please explain why the answer is D and not B?

I initially chose B as well not now that I think of it, perhaps the answer is not B because it's too specific. If the answer choice said something like experience of people is important in good functioning of the government, that would probably make sense. But it states as "the most important" which is far-fetched and not what the argument depends on.

You are right about B.
Well, two aspects of B that formulate it i.e. "important factor" and "experience" are presented with as if they are central core of the passage which is not true.
"most" creates an impression that govt. focuses most on "experience" which logically if you push into the passage it does nothing to help it. Instead it feels misdirected. Even if "most" was not there, this choice would not have made sense.

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