In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase from five Kirlandic dollars(KD5.00) Per hour to KD5.50 per hour. Opponents of this increase have argued that the resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation rate up. In fact its impact on wages will probably be negligible, since only a very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than KD5.50 per hour.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Most people in Kirlandia who are currently earning the minimum wage have been employed at their current jobs for less than a year.
B. Some firms in Kirlandia have paid workers considerably less than KD5.00 per hour, in violation of Kirlandic employment regulations.
C. Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but mustreward trained workers by keeping their paylevels above the pay levelof trainees.
D. The greatest growth in Kirlandia’s economy in recent years has been in those sectors where workers earn wages that tend to be much higherthan the minimum wage.
E. The current minimum wage is insufficient for a worker holding only one job to earn enough to support a family, even when working full time at that job. 作者: akatsuki09 时间: 2009-11-8 23:39
我个人认为是D的答案更靠谱一些，我也是选择了D。但是后来想了一下，worker的工资一直在trainee之上，意味着最低工资法案是最benefit trainee而非worker的，而worker又是推动inflation的主要群体所以worker没有影响就是削弱。作者: bayerner 时间: 2009-11-10 11:12
我觉得没那么复杂 题目说一小部分人在5.5一下 所以影响不大 但是如果很多职位收入是以最低标准为参照， 那么这些人就会受影响 比如C中的worker