Candidate for Mayor: My opponent argues that the best way

Candidate Mayor opposes the plan for doubling the tax on rental cars by saying that the people might take cars on rent from other cities.
She implies that if the people start taking cars from other cities, then this would decrease the revenue instead of increasing it.

Option D correctly captures what the Mayor candidate implies.
Correct Option: D

Official solution.

We are asked to analyze the candidate's argument: what reasoning does she employ in her response to the opponent's plan?  The opponent proposes a way to increase tax revenues.  The candidate provides two reasons for rejecting the plan: first, the plan is morally wrong, and, second, it may not even work because people may rent cars in other cities instead.  The correct answer must describe one or both of these objections.

(A) The candidate does introduce a moral concern, but does not present it as a quandary that cannot be solved without more data.  In fact, the candidate takes a very specific stand, claiming unequivocally that the plan is morally wrong.

(B) The candidate does not argue for, or even mention, an alternate strategy by which to raise the city's tax revenues.

(C) The candidate does not attack or refute any data used by the opponent; she merely suggests that the opponent's plan might not work as intended.

(D)CORRECT. The candidate suggests, via her second objection, that people might choose to rent cars in neighboring cities to avoid the higher tax.  If this occurred, it could potentially reduce the number of car rentals in the candidate's city, with the result that the city's tax revenues from this source would decrease - the opposite of the opponent's intended goal.

(E) In her second objection, the candidate offers a reason why the plan might not work as intended.  Her objection relies on a conjecture about how people would behave. It does not, therefore, demonstrate (i.e., prove) that the plan would fail.

the key word here is "if...,rent cars in neighboring city" => D is the answer (ones can see D is also an inference)
b/c of "unethical", the plan still can achieves the goal => E is wrong

This is logic-responding question

Imo D
The candidate is reasoning about the opposition pans to increase tax , he is not demonstrating .
He is implying

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