OG-149 (链接中无) 请帮忙解答，谢谢

OG149

The cotton farms of Country Q became so productive that the market could not absorb all that they produced. Consequently, cotton prices fell. The government tried to boost cotton prices by offering farmers who took 25 percent of their cotton acreage out of production direct support payments up to a specified maximum per farm.

The government’s program, if successful, will not be a net burden on the budget. Which of the following, if true, is the best basis for an explanation of how this could be so?

(A) Depressed cotton prices meant operating losses for cotton farms, and the government lost revenue from taxes on farm profits.

(B) Cotton production in several counties other than Q declined slightly the year that the support-payment program went into effect in Q.

(C) The first year that the support-payment program was in effect, cotton acreage in Q was 5% below its level in the base year for the program.

(D) The specified maximum per farm meant that for very large cotton farms the support payments were less per acre for those acres that were withdrawn from production than they were for smaller farms.（A）

(E) Farmers who wished to qualify for support payments could not use the cotton acreage that was withdrawn from production to grow any other crop.

不是很明白为何选A，请讲讲解题思路。非常感谢！

A说的是：降价意味着亏本，而政府财政收入是需要从农场的利润里征收的。

那么，价格上升就可以避免政府收不到税的情况；体中说如果农场少种棉花从而使得棉花价格上升的话，政府就会支出这些农场一些补贴。

显然这个政策要想成功（包括政府不吃亏），最基本的是棉花价格要上升以弥补补贴的支出。

谢谢。

但是，还是有点不明白，A选项只是指出了隐含前提，并没有表明“棉花价格要上升到足以弥补补贴的支出”，才会使得政府"will not be a net burden on the budget".

请继续指教.

a net burden:: 即 政府不是纯粹的财政支出，部分支出将从税收的增加中弥补

理解a net burden的意思，政府不要亏嘛。

好像没解决我的问题噢！

UP!

不是完全的负担就是说:在支出的同时政府是有一定好处的.(税收比原来多了),在数量上收入不一定要能弥补支出,只要收一点就好一点.

不知你明白了吗

两月前, 好像自己钻牛角尖了. 现在看OG的解释多清楚啊!

感谢大家!

那请问(B)也可以推得之当其它国家棉花产量下降,Q国政府可以将棉花卖给这些国家,也就会使得政府也可以从此得到利润

请问(B)为何不能是正确答案呢?

A选项容易看懂, 比较怕怕的是其他选项, 绕来绕去，小晕一下。。。