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19 Aug 2025, 22:00
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Which of the following provides the best completion of the passage below?
Our nation’s public policy dictates that our lands be put to their most economically productive uses. Although farm subsidies help farmers avoid bankruptcy during years in which they lose their crops due to natural disasters, in the long term, subsidies provide a disincentive for farmers to farm productively. Therefore, ________ .
(A) the farm subsidy system is ultimately to blame when a farm goes bankrupt
(B) our nation’s public policy should be modified to accommodate farm subsidies
(C) farmers should strive to make more productive use of their farmland
(D) in the long term, farmers would operate their farms more profitably without subsidies
(E) the current farm subsidy system amounts to a violation of our nation’s public policy
Our nation’s public policy dictates that our lands be put to their most economically productive uses. Although farm subsidies help farmers avoid bankruptcy during years in which they lose their crops due to natural disasters, in the long term, subsidies provide a disincentive for farmers to farm productively. Therefore, ________ .
(A) the farm subsidy system is ultimately to blame when a farm goes bankrupt
(B) our nation’s public policy should be modified to accommodate farm subsidies
(C) farmers should strive to make more productive use of their farmland
(D) in the long term, farmers would operate their farms more profitably without subsidies
(E) the current farm subsidy system amounts to a violation of our nation’s public policy
21 Aug 2025, 07:29
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While I understand why E is correct, I dont understand why D is wrong.
Also for the sake of argument, isnt using the term 'violation' bit of an extreme word? Had it been a term such as 'undermine', I would have marked E. This is because how can a common subsidy policy violate nation's public policy? Subsidy is a form of nation's public policy?
Please tell if i am approaching the question right?
Also for the sake of argument, isnt using the term 'violation' bit of an extreme word? Had it been a term such as 'undermine', I would have marked E. This is because how can a common subsidy policy violate nation's public policy? Subsidy is a form of nation's public policy?
Please tell if i am approaching the question right?
26 Aug 2025, 02:58
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Hey, Dont you think you D is opposite to the situation/argument that is mentioned above. The argument says that the subsidies are undermining the farmer's intent to grow more crops or in other words after getting subsidies from the government farmer's will loose their motivation to work hard to grow crops.
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