The answer choice B says that Counterfeiters now are finding it harder to get away with the counterfeit bills but that goes completely against what the stimulus. the stimulus says that the counterfeiters are actually finding it easier to pass around their counterfeit bills. So answer choice B actually does not resolve the problem at all.

The correct answer choice D actually does, as it says that after the government put in effort to stop these bills from being passed around, the reason the counterfeiters are able to get away with it is that now because the government is involved the bankers and merchants are becoming lax - lazy/slacking in checking the bills allowing those counterfeit bills to still be passed around.

This passage makes me wanna run away to a random island and hide in a cave.

Reading comp is so hard good god

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