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13.   While Governor Verdant has been in office, the state’s budget has increased by an average of 6 percent each year. While the previous governor was in office, the state’s budget increased by an average of 11.5 percent each year. Obviously, the austere budgets during Governor Verdant’s term have caused the slowdown in the growth in state spending.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn above?

(A) The rate of inflation in the state averaged 10 percent each year during the previous governor’s term in office and 3 percent each year during Verdant’s term.

(B) Both federal and state income tax rates have been lowered considerably during Verdant’s term in office.

(C) In each year of Verdant’s term in office, the state’s budget has shown some increase in spending over the previous year.

(D) During Verdant’s term in office, the state has either discontinued or begun to charge private citizens for numerous services that the state offered free to citizens during the previous governor’s term.（A）

(E) During the previous governor’s term in office, the state introduced several so-called “austerity” budgets intended to reduce the growth in state spending

不好意思，偶是学财务的，budget在财务里分很多种， 在这个题目中的budget是指哪一种？是财政支出还是财政盈余？还是别的？谢谢！

我不是学财务的，看了上面的讨论还是不明白   

正确选项A的INFLATION怎么就能weaken the conclusion了呢？

请NN们帮帮偶，怎么理解容易些。。。

不胜感激！！

题意: 现任的预算少(即支出少),上任的多.

要反对上面这个:

现任的物价涨幅小,上任的物价涨幅大.

1。the state’s budget 这里指 state spending

2。为证明V 的austere budgets caused the slowdown in the growth in state spending，原文比较了V和前政府的budget增长。前者是6%,后者是11.5%。A说前者的通货膨胀是3%，后者为10%。扣除通货膨胀，前者budget增长为3%，后者为1.5%。即前者的实际budget增长大。V实际加速了growth in state spending。所以WEAKEN结论。

明白了明白了：）

感谢cindybig MM和lawyer斑竹的解答，很清楚的说

呵呵。。