LSAT 102 – Section 2 – Question 23

LSAT 102 - Section 2 - Question 23

June 1998

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT102 S2 Q23
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Rule-Application +RuleApp
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
8%
161
B
2%
159
C
65%
168
D
5%
159
E
20%
163
152
161
170
 +Hardest 148.204 +SubsectionMedium

Politician: Nobody can deny that homelessness is a problem, yet there seems to be little agreement on how to solve it. One thing, however, is clear: ignoring the problem will not make it go away. Only if the government steps in and provides the homeless with housing will this problem disappear, and this necessitates increased taxation. For this reason, we should raise taxes.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that we should raise taxes. This is because the only way for homelessness to disappear is for the government to provide the homeless with housing. In order for the government to provide the homeless with housing, this requires increased taxation.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that if something is necessary for making homelesness disapperar, it’s something we should do.

A
Only if a measure is required to solve a problem should it be adopted.
This tells us that a thing’s being required to solve a problem is necessary in order for it to be something we should adopt. But (A) doesn’t establish that we actually should do the thing. (A) would be correct if it had started with “If” rather than “Only if.”
B
Only if a measure is sufficient to solve a problem should it be adopted.
We are not told about a measure that’s sufficient to solve a problem. We know what’s required to solve homelessness — government building housing and taxation. But we don’t know these are sufficient. (B) also doesn’t help reach the conclusion that something should be adopted.
C
If a measure is required to solve a problem, then it should be adopted.
This helps connect the premises to the conclusion. We know increased taxation is necessary to solve homelessness. Based on (C), we can then conclude that we should increase taxation.
D
If a measure is sufficient to solve a problem, then it should be adopted.
We are not told about any measure that’s sufficient to solve the problem of homelessness. We know what’s required to solve it — government building housing and taxation. But we don’t know these are sufficient to solve homelessness.
E
If a measure is sufficient to solve a problem, any steps necessitated by that measure should be adopted.
We are not told about any measure that’s sufficient to solve the problem of homelessness. We know what’s required to solve it — government building housing and taxation. But we don’t know these are sufficient to solve homelessness.

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