Self-study
Enrique: The city's transit authority does not have enough money to operate for the next twelve months without cutting service or increasing fares, and the federal government has so far failed to provide additional funding. ████████████ ███ ███████ █████████ ██████ ████████ █████████ ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ████ █████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ██████████
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Speaker 1 Summary
Enrique argues that the city's transit authority should continue operating without cutting services or increasing fares until it runs out of money. He believes that once the authority's funds are exhausted, the federal government will step in and provide the funding to save the transit authority.
Speaker 2 Summary
Cynthia disagrees with Enrique's strategy. She believes that if the transit authority allows its funds to run out without making any cuts or increasing fares, the federal government will likely let it go out of business. Cynthia suggests that the transit authority cannot risk this outcome.
Objective
Disagreement: Enrique and Cynthia disagree on whether the transit authority should continue to run without making any cuts or increasing fares.
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a
the transit authority ██████ ████████ █████████ ███████ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████████ █████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ █████
Enrique agrees because he believes that the government will provide more funding once they run out of money. Cynthia disagrees because she thinks the government will just let the transit authority go out of business.
b
the federal government ██████ ███████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ █████████
It is unclear whether Enrique or Cynthia support/oppose the government providing additional funding. At best, Enrique agrees with this, but Cynthia does not mention this at all. Their disagreement is over what the transit authority should do without government funding.
c
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Neither Enrique nor Cynthia addresses whether cutting services would be better than raising fares. Enrique believes the transit authority should do neither, while Cynthia does not provide a position.
d
the federal government ██ ███████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ █████████ ███
Enrique acknowledges that the federal government currently isn't providing additional funding. But there's no evidence that Cynthia thinks the federal government is currently providing additional funding. If anything, her comments suggest she agrees with Enrique that the federal government currently isn't providing additional funding.
e
the transit authority ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ████ ██████ ██████ ███████ ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ███████ ██████████ ███████
Enrique likely agrees with this statement. He claims the transit authority will run out of money if it doesn’t raise fares or cut services. So, if it raises fares (which is implied in this AC), it could survive. However, Cynthia does not address what will happen in this case.