需强人指点！og 11th - section 8.4 - 55

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55. Low-income families are often unable to afford as much child care as they need. One government program would award low-income families a refund on the income taxes they pay of as much as $1,000 for each child under age four. This program would make it possible for all low-income families with children under age four to obtain more child care than they otherwise would have been able to afford.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the claim that the program would make it possible for all low-income families to obtain more child care?

(B) some low-income families in which one of the parents is usually available to care for children under age four may not want to spead their income tax refund on child care.

(D) many low-income families with children under age four do not pay any income taxes because their total income is too low to be subjuct to such taxed.

OG explains (D) is the right answer, no argue with that. However, I think (B) can also be a logical choice. What if parents don't spend a refund on child care as they suppose to do, but rather on drugs? It also seriously calls into question the claim, correct?

I do understand "one of the parents is usually available to care for children under age four" is irrelevant here. But OG rather gives "Although the money is to be in the form of a refund that could be spent however the family wished, it is the availability of additional monry that is the point of the claim" as the explaination of (B), which confuses me very much!!

Thanks for helping, Thanks!!!

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-5-14 9:48:31编辑过]

royzhujian

This program would make it possible for

I think the B agrees with this statement in red,whereas, the D weakens directly the basis.----It's totally impossible to obtain more children care because no money can be refunded.

ripplewan

就是说有可能父母的收入还没达到需要交税的金额，那么退税也就无从说起了。

shzzhengfan

计划的目的是让all low-income families with children under age four to obtain more child care，即让得到更多的钱去养孩子，至于你拿那钱去干什么不是计划所考虑的。所以B：无关。

不知我说清楚没。

linda816

恩，og写得挺清楚的，题目要weaken的是能否obtain more child care,也就是能不能拿到那些refound, 而不关心家庭如果拿到了refund是不是真用到孩子身上。