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Re: Of every 100 burglar alarms police answer, 99 are false alarms [#permalink]
Three answers look OK on the first read but none stand up to close scrutiny. Weird question.

(B) When public resources are in short supply, any individual who wants special services from public agencies such as police and fire departments should be required to pay for those services if he or she can afford to do so. >> They're being fined regardless of whether or not they can afford it.

(D) Anyone who directly benefits from a service provided by public employees should be required to reimburse the general public fund an amount equivalent to the average cost of providing that service. >> No information on who's being reimbursed, cannot just assume this.

(E) If receipt of a service results in the waste of scarce public resources and people with other legitimate needs are disadvantaged in consequence, the recipient of that service should compensate the public for the resources wasted. >> The public isn't being compensated.
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shaarang wrote:
Three answers look OK on the first read but none stand up to close scrutiny. Weird question.

(B) When public resources are in short supply, any individual who wants special services from public agencies such as police and fire departments should be required to pay for those services if he or she can afford to do so. >> They're being fined regardless of whether or not they can afford it.

(D) Anyone who directly benefits from a service provided by public employees should be required to reimburse the general public fund an amount equivalent to the average cost of providing that service. >> No information on who's being reimbursed, cannot just assume this.

(E) If receipt of a service results in the waste of scarce public resources and people with other legitimate needs are disadvantaged in consequence, the recipient of that service should compensate the public for the resources wasted. >> The public isn't being compensated.


For answer choice E:
Since the police and fire departments are public services provided to the residents, paying for their time in the case of a false alarm IS compensating the public.


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