Editorial:In Ledland, unemployed adults receive government assistance. To reduce unemployment, the government proposes to supplement the income of those who accept jobs that pay less than government assistance, thus enabling employers to hire workers cheaply. However, the supplement will not raise any worker's income above what government assistance would provide if he or she were not gainfully employed. Therefore, unemployed people will have no financial incentive to accept jobs that would entitle them to the supplement.
Which of the following, if true about Ledland, most seriously weakens the argument of the editorial?
Editorial: In Ledland, unemployed adults receive government assistance. To reduce unemployment, the government proposes to supplement the income of those who accept jobs that pay less than government assistance, thus enabling employers to hire workers cheaply. However, the supplement will not raise any worker’s income above what government assistance would provide if he or she were not gainfully employed. Therefore, unemployed people will have no financial incentive to accept jobs that would entitle them to the supplement.
Which of the following, if true about Ledland, most seriously weakens the argument of the editorial?
A. The government collects no taxes on assistance it provides to unemployed individuals and their families.
B. Neighboring countries with laws that mandate the minimum wage an employer must pay an employee have higher unemployment rates than Ledland currently has.
C. People who are employed and look for a new job tend to get higher-paying jobs than job seekers who are unemployed.
D. The yearly amount unemployed people receive from government assistance is less than the yearly income that the government defines as the poverty level.
E. People sometimes accept jobs that pay relatively little simply because they enjoy the work.
我刚开始选的A,后来虽然觉得C是正确的单还是想问问A,如果改成[bgcolor=#ffff00]employed individuals and their families.是不是就可以选了?[/bgcolor]
我明白了! 大家仔细看,题目中说:In Ledland, unemployed adults receive government assistance. 还说:the government proposes to supplement the income of those who accept jobs that pay less than government assistance。 也就是说,那些工资低于社保金的工作,会被补贴到和社保金一样的数量,A说不收税,但即使不收税,也不会让工资多余社保金吧! 那既然补贴完的钱和呆在家里拿社保的钱是一样的,何必还要工作呢?
这样的话还去工作干吗?EDITORIAL 就conclusion that they have not fnancial incentive to go to work, remind uneployed. 所以要是weaked这个观点就选E? 我个人的看法
觉得C是无关选项,A是迷惑选项 欢迎咋忌惮...
对了 说下A吧 注意看题了 gov. will not tax on the people who are unemployed, on the other hand, it means they will tax on the people who are employed yet receive lower pay and on the same time receive some gov. assistance. so正好符合了EDTORAL 的观点了,是加强.