Politician: Governments should

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Stimulus

Politician: Governments should tax any harmful substance that is available to the general public at a level that the tax of the substance.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question

Which one of the following is an application of the politician’s principle

Answer choices

Trap2% picked this
The tax on products containing sugar is raised in an effort to raise revenue to be applied to the health costs resulting from
2%
Trap1% picked this
The tax on certain pain relievers that, even though harmful, are available over the counter is raised, since studies have shown that the demand
1%
Correct95% picked this
The tax on a pesticide that contains an organic compound harmful to human beings is raised to give people an incentive to
Why this is right
Answer C is correct.
Skill tested: Principle-Conform · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
95%
Trap0% picked this
The tax on domestically produced alcoholic beverages is not raised, since recent studies show that the tax would have a negative
0%
Trap1% picked this
The tax on products that emit fluorocarbons, substances that have proven to be harmful to the earth’s ozone layer, is lowered to stimulate the
1%

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