Governments have only one response to public criticism of socially necessary services: regulation of the activity of ...
Gabriela-DiazApril 10, 2020
Why not D?
Hi I do not understand why B is correct.
The first sentence notes governments have only one response to public criticism of socially necessary services: regulation of the activity of providing those services.
And goes on to say regulation makes it more expensive.
B says it child care will be more expensive. But doesn't that rely on the assumption that they will respond and enact those regulations just because public criticism happend of a socially necessary service?
D seems to address that assumption so that is why I picked it.
Thanks
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This question asks us to find the statement which can be "inferred" from the passage. Essentially, this means you are finding a conclusion (conclusion 2 below) to the passage. Here's a breakdown of the argument:
Premise 1: Governments' only response to public criticism of socially necessary services is regulation. Premise 2: Government regulation results in making these services more expensive. Premise 3: There has been public criticism of child care services which are socially necessary. Conclusion 1: Therefore, the government will respond. Conclusion 2: ??
Now, before moving to the answer choices, see if you can figure out what the next conclusion is. We are told that the government will respond to this criticism of public child care services (conclusion 2), and that the only way for the government to respond is by regulation (premise 1). So, we know the government will regulate child care. Then, premise 2 tells us that when the government regulates something it makes it more expensive. Putting these all together, we know that the government is going to regulate child care services and as a result they will become more expensive. This is answer B.
Answer D is incorrect because it doesn't draw on the passage. There is nothing about "strongly voiced" criticism in the passage, this is an entirely new idea. Therefore, this cannot be "inferred" from the passage.
