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Politician: Some cities have reversed the decay of aging urban areas by providing tax incentives and zoning variances that encourage renovation and revitalization in selected areas. But such legislation should not be commended. Its principal beneficiaries have turned out to be well-to-do professionals who could afford the cost of restoring deteriorating buildings; the long-term residents these programs were intended to help now face displacement due to increased rent and taxes.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the politician’s criticism?
(A) Evaluation of legislation should take into account actual results, not intentions alone.
(B) The wealthier members of a community should not have undue influence on its governance.
(C) A community’s tax laws and zoning regulations should apply equally to all individuals within selected areas.
(D) Legislation that is not to anyone’s benefit should not be commended.
(E) Laws that give advantage to the well-to-do can also benefit society as a whole.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the politician’s criticism?
(A) Evaluation of legislation should take into account actual results, not intentions alone.
(B) The wealthier members of a community should not have undue influence on its governance.
(C) A community’s tax laws and zoning regulations should apply equally to all individuals within selected areas.
(D) Legislation that is not to anyone’s benefit should not be commended.
(E) Laws that give advantage to the well-to-do can also benefit society as a whole.
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Politician: Some cities have reversed the decay of aging urban areas by providing tax incentives and zoning variances that encourage renovation and revitalization in selected areas. - Background Info
But such legislation should not be commended. - Conclusion
Its principal beneficiaries have turned out to be well-to-do professionals who could afford the cost of restoring deteriorating buildings; the long-term residents these programs were intended to help now face displacement due to increased rent and taxes. - supporting premise.
Basically, the politician here is making a case that the actual beneficiaries were supposed to be the "long term residents" which in reality have to leave and it only benefits the "well to do professionals."
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the politician’s criticism?
(A) Evaluation of legislation should take into account actual results, not intentions alone. - yes, while the intentions here are good, it doesn't turn out to be good for "long term residents," the actual result.
(B) The wealthier members of a community should not have undue influence on its governance. - irrelevant.
(C) A community’s tax laws and zoning regulations should apply equally to all individuals within selected areas. - they are already but the result is the unequal impact, these laws are hurting the "long term residents" and thus they need to move out.
(D) Legislation that is not to anyone’s benefit should not be commended. - the politician didn't claim that no one benefitted - the wealthier people did.
(E) Laws that give advantage to the well-to-do can also benefit society as a whole. - contradicting with Politician's argument.
But such legislation should not be commended. - Conclusion
Its principal beneficiaries have turned out to be well-to-do professionals who could afford the cost of restoring deteriorating buildings; the long-term residents these programs were intended to help now face displacement due to increased rent and taxes. - supporting premise.
Basically, the politician here is making a case that the actual beneficiaries were supposed to be the "long term residents" which in reality have to leave and it only benefits the "well to do professionals."
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the politician’s criticism?
(A) Evaluation of legislation should take into account actual results, not intentions alone. - yes, while the intentions here are good, it doesn't turn out to be good for "long term residents," the actual result.
(B) The wealthier members of a community should not have undue influence on its governance. - irrelevant.
(C) A community’s tax laws and zoning regulations should apply equally to all individuals within selected areas. - they are already but the result is the unequal impact, these laws are hurting the "long term residents" and thus they need to move out.
(D) Legislation that is not to anyone’s benefit should not be commended. - the politician didn't claim that no one benefitted - the wealthier people did.
(E) Laws that give advantage to the well-to-do can also benefit society as a whole. - contradicting with Politician's argument.
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B is anything but irrelevant. B is wrong because it talks about the possibility of the wealthier members having some sort of influence on governance and there is nothing indicative of that in the passage. The passage simply says that the wealthier people happened to benefit out of this policy. They may or may not have had any influence on the decision makers/governance. So it's a very relevant choice to be analyzed. But A is clearly correct 
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