LSAT 101 – Section 3 – Question 26

LSAT 101 - Section 3 - Question 26

December 1997

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PT101 S3 Q26
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
4%
162
B
70%
169
C
9%
162
D
8%
165
E
9%
167
144
158
172
 +Harder 146.901 +SubsectionMedium

Columnist on the arts: My elected government representatives were within their rights to vote to support the arts with tax dollars. While funded by the government, however, some artists have produced works of art that are morally or aesthetically offensive to many taxpayers. Nonetheless, my conclusion is that no taxpayers have been treated unjustly whose tax dollars are used to fund some particular work of art that they may find abominable.

A
Taxpayers should be allowed to decide whether a portion of their tax dollars is to be used to fund the arts.
Sure, taxpayers can vote for elected representatives who vote against funding the arts if they so choose. But we need a principle that tell us taxpayers aren’t wronged when elected representatives vote to fund the arts, even when the arts are occasionally offensive.
B
The funding of a particular activity is warranted if it is funded by elected representatives who legitimately fund that activity in general.
Funding offensive art is fine so long as elected representatives generally fund the arts. Particular works of art may be offensive, but the arts as a whole are something elected representatives have the right to continue supporting.
C
Elected representatives are within their rights to fund any activity that is supported by a majority of their constituents.
We have no idea if most people support the arts.
D
Those who resent taxation to subsidize offensive art should vote against their incumbent government representatives.
They probably should, but the author isn’t concluding about what taxpayers should do. We need something that tells us taxpayers weren’t treated unjustly by the funding of offensive art.
E
Since taxpayers are free to leave their country if they disapprove of their representatives’ decisions, they have no right to complain about arts funding.
Taxpayers can complain all they like. We need something that tells us they weren’t be treated unjustly by their elected representatives.

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