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This question uses an unusual question stem, so let's start with unpacking that. We're dealing with two speakers: Pamela, who poses an argument, and Lee, who raises an objection. The question stem tells us each answer choice will also have an argument and an objection, much like the stimulus. Our goal is to find the answer choice where the objection relates to the argument in the same way that Lee's objection relates to Pamela's argument. In other words, we're looking for a parallel method of reasoning to Lee's objection.
Pamela argues that businesses should better facilitate their employees' parenting, because they'll be the employees, managers, and customers of the future—essentially, better cared-for children will advance businesses' interests. Lee objects, coming to the conclusion that individual businesses would not benefit from providing parenting benefits while not all businesses do so. This is because current employees' children will go on to work at or patronize other businesses, not just the business where their parents work.
Lee's objection functions by pointing out a difference between individual and collective action that Pamela overlooks. Pamela may well be right that businesses as a whole would benefit from these kinds of policies being universally adopted, but she doesn't consider how an individual business would be affected by taking action alone.
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The objection in (A) raises a concern of time sensitivity regarding traffic congestion. In contrast, Lee isn't concerned with whether a problem will arise sooner or later, making (A) not a match.
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The objection in (B) points out a limitation on individual action to pursue a collective goal. This parallels Lee's objection, which says that individual businesses shouldn't act alone to improve childcare, when doing so wouldn't offer direct, individual benefits.
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The objection in (C) shows that short-term gains could mean longer-term losses. This doesn't match the stimulus: Lee doesn't say that businesses would harm their future prospects by adopting childcare policies, but rather that individual businesses wouldn't be able to reap all the benefits of their actions.
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The objection in (D) points out that there's an alternative method to reach the same goal of always knowing what the truth is. On the other hand, Lee doesn't propose a different way to improve childcare; Lee's objection applies to any such action businesses might take alone.
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The objection of (E) raises a limitation on a temporal analogy between the past and the future. This isn't the case with Lee's objection, because Pamela never tries to appeal to the past. Instead, Lee points out that individual businesses' actions to improve childcare wouldn't directly benefit those same individual businesses.