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04 Sep 2023, 01:30
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Attempts to blame the mayor’s policies for the growing inequality of wages are misguided. The sharp growth in the gap in earnings between college and high school graduates in this city during the past decade resulted from overall technological trends that favored the skills of more educated workers. The mayor’s response to this problem cannot be criticized, as it would hardly be reasonable to expect her to attempt to slow the forces of technology.
Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn in the last sentence in the passage?
A. The mayor could have initiated policies that would have made it easier for less-educated workers to receive the education necessary for better-paying jobs.
B. Rather than cutting the education budget, the mayor could have increased the amount of staff and funding devoted to locating employment for graduating high school seniors.
C. The mayor could have attempted to generate more demand for products from industries that paid high bluecollar wages.
D. Instead of reducing the tax rate on the wealthiest earners, the mayor could have ensured that they shouldered a greater share of the total tax burden.
E. The mayor could have attempted to protect the earnings of city workers by instituting policies designed to reduce competition from foreign industries.
Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn in the last sentence in the passage?
A. The mayor could have initiated policies that would have made it easier for less-educated workers to receive the education necessary for better-paying jobs.
B. Rather than cutting the education budget, the mayor could have increased the amount of staff and funding devoted to locating employment for graduating high school seniors.
C. The mayor could have attempted to generate more demand for products from industries that paid high bluecollar wages.
D. Instead of reducing the tax rate on the wealthiest earners, the mayor could have ensured that they shouldered a greater share of the total tax burden.
E. The mayor could have attempted to protect the earnings of city workers by instituting policies designed to reduce competition from foreign industries.
12 Sep 2023, 09:32
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The conclusion in the last sentence of the passage is that it would hardly be reasonable to expect the mayor to attempt to slow the forces of technology in response to the growing inequality in wages between college and high school graduates. To cast doubt on this conclusion, we need to find an option that suggests that there were alternative actions or policies the mayor could have taken to address the problem without trying to slow technological trends.
Option (A) casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion because it suggests that the mayor could have initiated policies to make it easier for less-educated workers to receive the education necessary for better-paying jobs. This implies that there were practical steps the mayor could have taken to address the inequality issue without attempting to slow down technology.
Option (B) mentions increasing funding for employment for high school graduates, which addresses job placement but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion regarding technological trends.
Option (C) talks about generating more demand for products from high blue-collar wage industries, which is a different approach but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion about the mayor's response to technological trends.
Option (D) discusses tax rates on the wealthiest earners, which is related to revenue distribution but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion about the mayor's response to technological trends.
Option (E) mentions protecting city workers' earnings from foreign competition, which is another approach but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion regarding the mayor's response to technological trends.
So, option (A) provides the most significant challenge to the conclusion by suggesting an alternative action the mayor could have taken to address the inequality issue without attempting to slow down technology.
Option (A) casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion because it suggests that the mayor could have initiated policies to make it easier for less-educated workers to receive the education necessary for better-paying jobs. This implies that there were practical steps the mayor could have taken to address the inequality issue without attempting to slow down technology.
Option (B) mentions increasing funding for employment for high school graduates, which addresses job placement but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion regarding technological trends.
Option (C) talks about generating more demand for products from high blue-collar wage industries, which is a different approach but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion about the mayor's response to technological trends.
Option (D) discusses tax rates on the wealthiest earners, which is related to revenue distribution but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion about the mayor's response to technological trends.
Option (E) mentions protecting city workers' earnings from foreign competition, which is another approach but doesn't directly challenge the conclusion regarding the mayor's response to technological trends.
So, option (A) provides the most significant challenge to the conclusion by suggesting an alternative action the mayor could have taken to address the inequality issue without attempting to slow down technology.
01 Oct 2023, 20:00
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
When asked to cast doubt on a conclusion, as you are here, first locate the author’s conclusion. Then, find an answer choice that contradicts it in some way. This question stem explicitly directs you to the last sentence of the passage, where the author is defending the mayor from criticism, asserting that the growing inequality of wages is beyond her control. Since the passage is saying, “This isn’t the mayor’s fault,” predict a correct answer that says, “No, this is the mayor’s fault.”
Choice (A) should stand out immediately as going against the passage. If the mayor could have initiated policies that would have educated those who are now earning less, then her policies—to be precise, her policy of inaction—is at least partially to blame for the problem of wage inequality. This is exactly the sort of additional evidence you want, and choice (A) is correct.
The wrong choices largely focus on misleading shifts in terminology from the passage. Choice (B) sidesteps the wage issue, as more employment of high school graduates would not necessarily raise their wages. Choice (C)’s logic requires that we assume “blue-collar” equals “less-educated,” which is too large a shift in terminology. Choice (D) only discusses taxes and avoids wages altogether. Choice (E) only mentions protection of “city workers,” again avoiding the education issue from the passage.
