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Food aid if given to Ryana, a country that has a hunger emergency, will work to depress the price of food on the local market and drive local producers out of business.Therefore, Ryana will be left less able to provide food for its people.
Which of the following, if true, is the strongest counter argument against the argument above?
A. Cash aid would be 25 to 40 percent more expensive to donor countries than food aid, since the donor government already hold food surpluses for which they are incurring storage costs.
B. Because of weather conditions, local producers have produced much less food than they usually do.
C. If the food donated to the government of Ryana is given away free to the people, the people will use the money they would have had to spend on food for other necessities, not for food.
D. Since Ryan's food market is regulated, extra food will not depress the official price, and the government can use the cash it raises from selling donated food to help farmers.
E. Many of Ryan's poorest children do not go to school, so many food aid given as free meals at school will be eaten by others who are already better fed than these children.
Which of the following, if true, is the strongest counter argument against the argument above?
A. Cash aid would be 25 to 40 percent more expensive to donor countries than food aid, since the donor government already hold food surpluses for which they are incurring storage costs.
B. Because of weather conditions, local producers have produced much less food than they usually do.
C. If the food donated to the government of Ryana is given away free to the people, the people will use the money they would have had to spend on food for other necessities, not for food.
D. Since Ryan's food market is regulated, extra food will not depress the official price, and the government can use the cash it raises from selling donated food to help farmers.
E. Many of Ryan's poorest children do not go to school, so many food aid given as free meals at school will be eaten by others who are already better fed than these children.
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Food aid if given to Ryana, a country that has a hunger emergency, will work to depress the price of food on the local market and drive local producers out of business.Therefore, Ryana will be left less able to provide food for its people.
P: Food aid if given to Ryana, a country that has a hunger emergency, will work to depress the price of food on the local market and drive local producers out of business
C: Ryana will be left less able to provide food for its people
Very simple P --> C set up. Because the extra food will put farmers out of work, therefore the country will be hurt by this. A decent argument, but full of assumptions so we need to try and WEAKEN this statement or idea.
Which of the following, if true, is the strongest counter argument against the argument above?
A. Cash aid would be 25 to 40 percent more expensive to donor countries than food aid, since the donor government already hold food surpluses for which they are incurring storage costs. -- Completely irrelevant because our argument does not care about cost. Our argument is focused solely on food production.
B. Because of weather conditions, local producers have produced much less food than they usually do. -- How much less? We cannot assume that less production offsets the supposed economic consequences of the free food. Maybe it was only one plant less. Maybe it was 50 million.
C. If the food donated to the government of Ryana is given away free to the people, the people will use the money they would have had to spend on food for other necessities, not for food. -- So now people are not buying food because they have enough and are spending money on other things. This strengthens our argument. We are being told that instead of people usually spending $10 for bread, and under depressed prices we'll say $4, people are paying $0. Well, this would push people out of the market. And for those wondering about the other necessities, we could care less about them. The argument is all that matters here.
D. Since Ryan's food market is regulated, extra food will not depress the official price, and the government can use the cash it raises from selling donated food to help farmers. -- These older questions go right after the conclusion, which is not like current day questions. This literally counters the conclusion by adding an additional premise and almost rewriting the entire question above and saying "you know what you just read? Forget about it and focus on this new premise and conclusion". If this is true, prices aren't affected, so this weakens our argument and is thus the answer.
E. Many of Ryan's poorest children do not go to school, so many food aid given as free meals at school will be eaten by others who are already better fed than these children. -- An answer just trying to pull at your heart, but this has nothing to do with our argument about farmers losing jobs and there being less food. Who cares which kids are getting the food? In this case, we do not.
P: Food aid if given to Ryana, a country that has a hunger emergency, will work to depress the price of food on the local market and drive local producers out of business
C: Ryana will be left less able to provide food for its people
Very simple P --> C set up. Because the extra food will put farmers out of work, therefore the country will be hurt by this. A decent argument, but full of assumptions so we need to try and WEAKEN this statement or idea.
Which of the following, if true, is the strongest counter argument against the argument above?
A. Cash aid would be 25 to 40 percent more expensive to donor countries than food aid, since the donor government already hold food surpluses for which they are incurring storage costs. -- Completely irrelevant because our argument does not care about cost. Our argument is focused solely on food production.
B. Because of weather conditions, local producers have produced much less food than they usually do. -- How much less? We cannot assume that less production offsets the supposed economic consequences of the free food. Maybe it was only one plant less. Maybe it was 50 million.
C. If the food donated to the government of Ryana is given away free to the people, the people will use the money they would have had to spend on food for other necessities, not for food. -- So now people are not buying food because they have enough and are spending money on other things. This strengthens our argument. We are being told that instead of people usually spending $10 for bread, and under depressed prices we'll say $4, people are paying $0. Well, this would push people out of the market. And for those wondering about the other necessities, we could care less about them. The argument is all that matters here.
D. Since Ryan's food market is regulated, extra food will not depress the official price, and the government can use the cash it raises from selling donated food to help farmers. -- These older questions go right after the conclusion, which is not like current day questions. This literally counters the conclusion by adding an additional premise and almost rewriting the entire question above and saying "you know what you just read? Forget about it and focus on this new premise and conclusion". If this is true, prices aren't affected, so this weakens our argument and is thus the answer.
E. Many of Ryan's poorest children do not go to school, so many food aid given as free meals at school will be eaten by others who are already better fed than these children. -- An answer just trying to pull at your heart, but this has nothing to do with our argument about farmers losing jobs and there being less food. Who cares which kids are getting the food? In this case, we do not.
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Author says that food aid should not be given to Rayana.
Counter argument therefore would be the something which argues why food aid should be given
Choice D reasons why food aid should be given to Rayana, this must be our answer.
Counter argument therefore would be the something which argues why food aid should be given
Choice D reasons why food aid should be given to Rayana, this must be our answer.
