Contenders D and E
Basically the argument is saying that prices should go up to make the system fair for the taxpayers [note: not voters]
Now, whether VOTERS like the proposal or not, does not have any bearing on the FAIRNESS of the proposal. Additionally, D says, VOTERS dislike the TAX increase, not FARE increase. No one is proposing TAX increase. Hence, D is out of scope and non-weakener, making it the correct answer.
However, to make E a weakener, we have to
assume that all the
out-of-town workers earn wages above the nationally mandated minimum, which makes them subject to
the city wage tax of 5 percent and makes their availing of subsidized bus fare
FARE. [I don't like when I have to assume an extra thing to make something fit]
Having said that, D is obviously an absolute non-weakener. Hence the better choice of the two.
Thoughts?
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.I have a question- People who work in Greenville and earn wages....how can we assume that they are out of town workers.In the premise , we have - but among the beneficiaries of the low fares are many people who commute from outside the city to jobs in Greenville. But does this mean that whoever work in Greenville are out of town workers.
vaivish1723 wrote:
Fares on the city-run public buses in Greenville are subsidized by city tax revenues, but among the beneficiaries of the low fares are many people who commute from outside the city to jobs in Greenville. Some city councilors argue that city taxes should be used primarily to benefit the people who pay them, and therefore that bus fares should be raised enough to cover the cost of the service.
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the argument advanced by the city councilors EXCEPT:
(A) Many businesses whose presence in the city is beneficial to the city’s taxpayers would relocate outside the city if public-transit fare were more expensive.
(B) By providing commuters with economic incentives to drive to work, higher transit fares would worsen air pollution in Greenville and increase the cost of maintaining the city’s streets.
(C) Increasing transit fares would disadvantage those residents of the city whose low incomes make them exempt from city taxes, and all city councilors agree that these residents should be able to take advantage of city-run services.
(D) Voters in the city, many of whom benefit from the low transit fares, are strongly opposed to increasing local taxes.
(E) People who work in Greenville and earn wages above the nationally mandated minimum all pay the city wage tax of 5 percent.
Source: LSAT
contenders are D & E, understood how D does not weaken but how can we rule out E?