Self-study
Government official: Conclusion A satisfactory way of eliminating chronic food shortages in our country is not easily achievable. ██████ ███ ████ █████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████ █████████ █████ ██ █████████ ███ █████████ ███ █████████ ████████████ █████████████████ ██ ████████ ███████ ██ ████ ███ █████████ ███████████ ██ ████████ █████████████ █████ ████ █████████ ███ █████████ ███ ██████ ███ ██ █████████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ███████ ███████ ████████ ██ █████████ ███████████ ████████ █████ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ████ █████████ █████ █████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The government official concludes that there is no easily achievable way to eliminate chronic food shortages in his country. To support this conclusion, he raises, then rejects, two possible solutions. First, he says that direct food shipments from other countries will weaken the country’s long-term agricultural self sufficiency because these food shipments would force local producers out of business. And secondly, foreign investments in long-term development projects would result in inflation, making food unaffordable and perpetuating the food shortages.
Identify Argument Part
The claim in the question stem is a premise that rejects one of the potential solutions to the food shortages; in demonstrating that foreign investment will not easily solve the food shortage, this claim works to support the government official’s conclusion.
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