Mahattan逻辑--请教（Complete the argument)

slfxiaobai · 发表于 2011-7-10 10:01:31

Amtowns public schools are supported primarily by town property taxes. The town plans to eliminate the property tax and support schools with a new four-percent sales tax on all retail items sold in town. Four percent of current retail sales is substantially less than the amount currently collected through property taxes, but town planners believe that adopting this plan will not have a negative impact on the funds available for the town’s public schools because ______.(500-600)

Which of the following most logically completes the argument?

		a new shopping center that will draw shoppers from neighboring towns will open this year in Amtown
		many Amtown residents are planning to leave town due to high property taxes
		a number of parents who currently send their children to Amtown’s public schools do not pay property taxes.
		the sales tax in neighboring towns is much higher than four percent
		Amtown was recently featured in a magazine as one of the top 10 weekend getaways from a nearby city.

The argument describes a sales tax plan that is expected to bring in the same amount of money as the current property tax, despite the fact that current sales tax revenues are lower than current property tax revenues. The correct answer will include information that will involve the sales tax bringing in more money than is presently the case.

(A)CORRECT. If a new shopping center is opening in Amtown, the retail sales in the town, and the receipts from the sales tax, would be expected to rise. This would potentially enable the sales tax to generate at least as much money as the current property tax.

(B) The fact that some residents might leave Amtown is irrelevant, as this may not necessarily have an impact on property tax or sales tax receipts, particularly if the plan is adopted and the residents change their minds. Additionally, the argument states that the sales tax will not have a negative impact on the funds available for the town’s public schools.

(C) The fact that some parents do not pay property taxes is irrelevant to the sales tax plan generating as much money for the public schools as the current property tax.

(D) Higher taxes in surrounding areas might encourage individuals to shop at Amtown. However, this phenomenon would already be factored into current sales tax receipts, which are less than the current property tax.

(E) It could be argued that this magazine profile would increase immediate tourism in Amtown, and thus sales tax receipts. However, any economic impact would depend upon a direct link between the magazine article, increased visitors, and money spent by those visitors, all of which must be assumed. Additionally, a magazine article is unlikely to have a sustainable effect over a long period of time, which is necessary for the sales tax to provide funds equivalent to those provided by the current property tax.

小妹有以下不解：
1. A, 一个shopping center就足够让教育 support public school？第一次看选项就觉得不靠谱，不可选。

2. B，为什么无关啊？Many people走了，就没有资金support public school了，那采用new plan就木有不好的作用了啊？

3. E的解释有点不理解，但是我的逻辑错了：认为Magazine报道的就是“事实”，既然所报道的事实，就不用担心sale tax不够多啦。这个大家可引以为鉴。
4. 据说我们分析逻辑要分析GMAC的出题思路，有木有哪个牛人能够分析下此题的解答思路，以及选项GMAC怎样设置陷阱的？

谢谢大家啦，共同探讨！知己知彼百战百胜~~

sdcar2010 · 发表于 2011-7-10 10:31:51

This is a strengthen/assumption question. To make the main conclusion work, choice A is the best.

Main conclusion: Adopting this plan will not have a negative impact on the funds available for the town’s public schools.

Since the blank ___________ is after the word because, you are asked to fill in the blank with a sufficient condition or reason. A) does just that. A) is POTENTIALLY a reason to make the main conclusion a more likely one.

Mahattan逻辑--请教（Complete the argument)

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