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Editorialist: Some people propose that, to raise revenues and encourage conservation, our country's taxes on oil, gasoline, and coal should be increased. ████ █ ███ █████████ ████████ █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ██████ ██████ ███ ███ ████████ █████ ████████ ███ ███████████████ ████ █████ ██████████ ████ ████████ █████ ██ ████████ ████████ ████ ██████ ██████████████ ██████ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ████████ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████ ██████████ █████
Summarize Argument
The editorialist concludes that the proposed tax increase would do more harm than good. This is because the tax increase would cause a number of economic problems for the country in question: decreasing international competitiveness, increasing household expenses, and reducing jobs.
Notable Assumptions
In order for the tax increase to do more harm than good, the economic problems the tax increase would cause must outweigh whatever benefits the tax would bring. The editorialist must therefore assume that these particular economic problems are of greater concern for the country than any environmental and/or economic upsides to the tax.
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a
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b
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e
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