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Strengthen—PR. The correct answer choice is (A)
This asks for a principle that most strengthens the citizens' argument that the mayor has ulterior motives (other than the economy) in building his highway.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The citizens contend that the mayor is not really pursuing a cause (helping the economy). They support this with evidence that the mayor's highway will not be as beneficial as a new business park. If this answer choice's principle is accepted—that really pursuing a cause means choosing the means that would most benefit that cause—then the mayor's choice that would not most benefit the economy suggests that he is not really pursuing that economic cause.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect. If anything, this may weaken the citizens' conclusion. Since the mayor's proposal requires public (tax) revenues, (B) suggests that this necessary condition for helping the economy is satisfied in case of the mayor's highway.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice is irrelevant to the citizens' conclusion. There is no issue of anyone using public funds without public consent.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice is irrelevant to the citizens' contention. There is no issue with specific goals in the stimulus.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is irrelevant to the citizens' argument. The issue is not whether the economic cause should be pursued by the community, but whether the mayor himself is pursuing the cause.
Strengthen—PR. The correct answer choice is (A)
This asks for a principle that most strengthens the citizens' argument that the mayor has ulterior motives (other than the economy) in building his highway.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The citizens contend that the mayor is not really pursuing a cause (helping the economy). They support this with evidence that the mayor's highway will not be as beneficial as a new business park. If this answer choice's principle is accepted—that really pursuing a cause means choosing the means that would most benefit that cause—then the mayor's choice that would not most benefit the economy suggests that he is not really pursuing that economic cause.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect. If anything, this may weaken the citizens' conclusion. Since the mayor's proposal requires public (tax) revenues, (B) suggests that this necessary condition for helping the economy is satisfied in case of the mayor's highway.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice is irrelevant to the citizens' conclusion. There is no issue of anyone using public funds without public consent.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice is irrelevant to the citizens' contention. There is no issue with specific goals in the stimulus.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is irrelevant to the citizens' argument. The issue is not whether the economic cause should be pursued by the community, but whether the mayor himself is pursuing the cause.