LSAT 153 – Section 2 – Question 12

LSAT 153 - Section 2 - Question 12

June 2019

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT153 S2 Q12
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
10%
155
B
2%
158
C
4%
153
D
78%
162
E
5%
159
135
146
157
 +Medium 146.684 +SubsectionMedium

Regina: The additional revenue obtained from leasing government-owned toll bridges to private investors will be allocated to the transportation budget, so the leases will not be used to reduce shortfalls in other budget areas.

Amal: But allocating new revenue to transportation will free up existing transportation funds for use in other areas. Thus, the new revenue will nonetheless help reduce budget shortfalls in other areas.

Speaker 1 Summary
The additional revenue from leases will not be used to reduce budget shortfalls in other budget areas. Why? Because the additional revenue will be allocated to the transportation budget.

Speaker 2 Summary
The additional revenue will help to reduce budget shortfalls in other budget areas. Why? Because allocating revenue to transportation will free up existing transportation funds for other budget areas.

Objective
We need a statement Regina and Amal disagree on. They disagree whether the new revenue from leases will help reduce other budget shortfalls. Regina thinks that the new revenue will not reduce shortfalls since it will be allocated to transportation. Amal thinks that the new revenue will reduce shortfalls indirectly by freeing up existing transportation funds for other uses.

A
there will be shortfalls in budget areas other than transportation
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. Neither Regina or Amal express whether they think shortfalls will exist.
B
the amount of money currently allocated to transportation is adequate
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. We can’t assume that either speaker thinks transportation funding is adequate solely on the basis of funds being allocated to transportation.
C
new revenue from leasing government-owned toll bridges should be allocated to transportation
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. Neither speaker addresses what they think should or should not be done.
D
new revenue allocated to transportation will result in existing transportation funds being reallocated to other areas
Regina and Amal disagree on this statement. Regina disagrees that allocation to transportation will help other budget areas. Amal agrees that it will help other budget areas indirectly by freeing up existing funds.
E
leasing government-owned toll bridges to private investors will be financially beneficial to the government
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. We can’t assume that reducing budget shortfalls in any area is financially beneficial to the government.

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