In order to improve the long-term savings rate of its citizens, Levaska's government has decided to introduce special savings accounts. Citizens can save up to $3,000 a year in special accounts without having to pay tax on the interest, unless they withdraw money from the account before they reach the age of sixty-five. If they do withdraw any money before that age, they have to pay tax on the accumulated interest and a penalty.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously threatens the success of the government's plan?
71. In order to improve the long-term savings rate of its citizens, Levaska’s government has decided to introduce special savings accounts. Citizens can save up to $3,000 a year in special accounts without having to pay tax on the interest, unless they withdraw money from the account before they reach the age of sixty-five. If they do withdraw any money before that age, they have to pay tax on the accumulated interest and a penalty.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously threatens the success of the government’s plan?
A. The banks and financial institutions where the special accounts will be held lobbied hard for their introduction.
B. Nearly all workers in Levaska can already save money in tax-free accounts through their workplace.
C. For the past ten years, Levaskans have been depositing an ever smaller percentage of their income in long-term savings.
D. Many Levaskans continue to work beyond the age of sixty-five.
E. In certain circumstances, such as a serious illness, the government plans to waive the penalty on early withdrawals from the special accounts.
方案倒是给出来了,不过这个题目在后文中论证了方案的可行性。如果你分类成方案推理,相信你是这么做的:
目标: to improve the long-term savings rate of its citizens
方案:Levaska’s government has decided to introduce special savings accounts
I guess your judgement depends on the literal sequence.
It is a wrong action.
If this question were a cause-effect type one, the stimulus would tell you "the plan has been success" or "the plan will be success" or whatever telling you the success of the plan is definitely a true thing. Then, the author will render the cause of this success as his conclusion. We cannot see such pattern or logical structure in this question.
But, in this question, "in order to improve the long-term saving" is the aim of and the effect of the plan . We do not know whether the plan will definitely success. The author give some reason underling the plan to support the success of the plan's aim( you can also see it as effect) and persuade you to believe it.
Thus, it is a conditional reasoning(you can all it 因果. They are the same thing).