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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.




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Correct answer: D.

Assumptions are always necessary conditions – statements that MUST be true for a conclusion depending on them to have a chance of being true – so if a statement is not an assumption toward a conclusion, it is generally not something that the argument NEEDS to consider as is. Whether or not there are other ways to cover the cost of health care is irrelevant to the question of whether defense spending cuts ought to be seen as a complete solution to the problem, so (D) is the best answer.
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VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:



Correct answer: D.

Assumptions are always necessary conditions – statements that MUST be true for a conclusion depending on them to have a chance of being true – so if a statement is not an assumption toward a conclusion, it is generally not something that the argument NEEDS to consider as is. Whether or not there are other ways to cover the cost of health care is irrelevant to the question of whether defense spending cuts ought to be seen as a complete solution to the problem, so (D) is the best answer.
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