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16 Oct 2023, 01:30
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Columnist: While defense spending in our country is almost certainly subject to waste, proposing that we could solve our budget crisis even by entirely eliminating such waste is unjustified. Even dramatic cuts in defense spending will be insufficient to cover the expanding cost of health care.
Which of the following is NOT an assumption required by the columnist’s argument?
(A) If we cannot cover the expanding cost of health care, then we cannot solve the budget crisis.
(B) If a proposed measure is insufficient to solve a crisis, then proposing it is unjustified.
(C) Eliminating waste in defense spending would constitute a dramatic cut in defense spending.
(D) There are no other means to cover the expanding cost of health care.
(E) The columnist’s calculations are correct and complete.
Which of the following is NOT an assumption required by the columnist’s argument?
(A) If we cannot cover the expanding cost of health care, then we cannot solve the budget crisis.
(B) If a proposed measure is insufficient to solve a crisis, then proposing it is unjustified.
(C) Eliminating waste in defense spending would constitute a dramatic cut in defense spending.
(D) There are no other means to cover the expanding cost of health care.
(E) The columnist’s calculations are correct and complete.
16 Oct 2023, 12:21
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Columnist: While defense spending in our country is almost certainly subject to waste, proposing that we could solve our budget crisis even by entirely eliminating such waste is unjustified. Even dramatic cuts in defense spending will be insufficient to cover the expanding cost of health care.
Which of the following is NOT an assumption required by the columnist’s argument?
(A) If we cannot cover the expanding cost of health care, then we cannot solve the budget crisis.
"Even dramatic cuts in defense spending will be insufficient to cover the expanding cost of health care." => Covering the expanding cost of health care is a must-do.
(B) If a proposed measure is insufficient to solve a crisis, then proposing it is unjustified.
Clearly and easily see this assumption in the first sentence of the argument.
(C) Eliminating waste in defense spending would constitute a dramatic cut in defense spending.
There is a gap between "eliminating waste in defense spending" in the first sentence and "dramatic cuts in defense spending will be insufficient ..." in the second sentences
(D) There are no other means to cover the expanding cost of health care.
the argument doesn't say that cut of defense waste is the only way to reduce costs
=> Correct
(E) The columnist’s calculations are correct and complete.
They concluded the argument without citing any data as if their calculations are all exact.
IMD D
Which of the following is NOT an assumption required by the columnist’s argument?
(A) If we cannot cover the expanding cost of health care, then we cannot solve the budget crisis.
"Even dramatic cuts in defense spending will be insufficient to cover the expanding cost of health care." => Covering the expanding cost of health care is a must-do.
(B) If a proposed measure is insufficient to solve a crisis, then proposing it is unjustified.
Clearly and easily see this assumption in the first sentence of the argument.
(C) Eliminating waste in defense spending would constitute a dramatic cut in defense spending.
There is a gap between "eliminating waste in defense spending" in the first sentence and "dramatic cuts in defense spending will be insufficient ..." in the second sentences
(D) There are no other means to cover the expanding cost of health care.
the argument doesn't say that cut of defense waste is the only way to reduce costs
=> Correct
(E) The columnist’s calculations are correct and complete.
They concluded the argument without citing any data as if their calculations are all exact.
IMD D
16 Oct 2023, 23:54
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(C) Eliminating waste in defense spending would constitute a dramatic cut in defense spending.
this is insignificant because even a dramatic cut in defense spending will not help to resolve the crisis.
this is insignificant because even a dramatic cut in defense spending will not help to resolve the crisis.
