QUESTION TEXT: City leader: If our city adopts the new tourism…
QUESTION TYPE: Most Strongly Supported
FACTS:
- The new tourism plan will lead to as many jobs as a new auto plant would.
- It would be reasonable to spend as much on tourism as it would cost to bring a new auto plant to town.
- It costs less to put the tourist plan in place.
ANALYSIS: On most strongly supported, your job is to simplify the facts and see how they combine. Here, it’s pretty straightforward. It would be reasonable to spend more money than the plan costs. So spending money on the plan seems reasonable, since it’s cheaper.
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- This doesn’t follow. The “least expensive” measures might be terrible. We want measures that delivery value for money – the cheapest is sometimes a terrible option.
- This is a tempting trap. But this says “try to convince”. Whereas the stimulus talked about the amount necessary to convince an automaker to build a plant. There’s a big difference between trying to convince someone and actually convincing them. It might not be reasonable to spend money merely to try.
- Who knows? Maybe it’s reasonable to spend both. The stimulus never said what spending limits the city faces.
- CORRECT. This follows. Bringing an auto plant would cost more, and spending that amount of money on tourism would be reasonable. So surely adopting a cheaper, equally effective plan is reasonable.
- Nonsense. Tourism is one way to increase jobs, but there are always multiple ways to increase jobs.
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MemberStratos says
Quick comment on B:
I think a more certain reason why it is wrong is because it says “manufacturing companies”, while the stimulus is talking only about “automobile manufacturing companies”.
It might not be reasonable to spend money for weapon manufacturers, for instance…
FounderGraeme Blake says
Good catch! Definitely a big distinction between the stimulus and B on that point. Other types of manufacturing plants might have a lower return or create less jobs than auto plants.
Note: This is an old comment but I wanted to clarify the point.