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So for 24, I was confused by the question stem. When it says support the position of Passage B over that of Passage A, does that mean we are trying to strengthen B and weaken A? Or just strengthen B and have neutral effect on A? Confusing AF. And I got stuck between A and D. I understand how D strengthens B but what does it do to A? And why is answer choice A incorrect? Doesn't Passage B state that flat tax proposals are supposed to bring in the same amount?
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@joeyczikk939 said:
Just a quick addition. According to the MSS core curriculum, here answer choice (A) "will be utterly unsupported." JY writes on MSS questions: "That means there is only one correct answer choice and four very wrong answer choices."
...I know that.
Just a quick addition. According to the MSS core curriculum, here answer choice (A) "will be utterly unsupported." JY writes on MSS questions: "That means there is only one correct answer choice and four very wrong answer choices."
Hi Ashley, definitely a convoluted Q. The question uses the answer choices as the things you must test out to see whether it more strongly supports B over A. But first, you must plug each answer choice into this: "if its of countries that went from Graduated to Flat rate".
The AC could support A and B, but something about passage B will be more strongly supported than A. You are not being asked to weaken the AC's support for A, no.
AC (D): When talking about countries that went from Graduated to Flat Rate, does the sentence "middle-income tax payers tend to pay higher taxes than before" more support B than it does A?
If the answer choice is true, some clue stated in B should jump out.
Just doing a quick skim of B, I see the last sentence: "(In) Flat tax...poor are going to pay less and the high-income earners are going to pay less, it is naturally going to fall on middle-class to make up the difference"
"Make up the difference" implies you're now paying more.
AC (A) says: Tax revenue in the new Flat Rate system is the same as before in the Graduated system.
I do see in passage B it says "Flat tax revenues are supposed to bring in the same amount of revenue." Unfortunately I'm a little stumped on this, perhaps another 7sager can give input.
I'm just a fellow learner myself so if anyone sees anything wrong about my comment please improve it!