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The columnist rejects a legislator’s proposal to use revenue from water bills to pay for new roads instead of a dam.

The columnist doesn’t explain why the legislator’s proposal is unacceptable—that’s what we’ll be looking for in the answer choices.

Since the construction of new roads is unrelated to water use, the columnist’s conclusion could be justified by a principle that states that it’s unacceptable to use money acquired from water bills to pay for a project unrelated to water use.

Wrong trigger. There’s no indication that customers don’t know how the money will be spent, so this principle doesn’t apply to the columnist’s claim.

Wrong trigger. There’s no reason to believe that the new roads wouldn’t benefit the entire community, so this principle doesn’t apply to the columnist’s claim.

Wrong trigger. There’s no indication that the legislator’s proposal is unpopular with customers, so this principle doesn’t apply to the columnist’s claim.

Irrelevant. The stimulus establishes that the utility has already been approved to collect an additional charge. The requirements for receiving such approval, whatever they are, have already been met.

If the money were to be spent on new roads, then they’d be spent on something that isn’t water-related, so (E) would provide justification for the columnist’s judgment that the proposal is unacceptable.

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