PT142.S1.Q3

PrepTest 142 - Section 1 - Question 3

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Editorial: Conclusion The government should not fund any part of its health services with lottery revenue. █████ ██████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███ ███████ ███████ █████ ███████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██████████ ██ ████ ██ █ ██████ ██████████

Summary

The editorialist concludes that the government should not fund healthcare services with lottery revenue. This is because lottery revenue may decline in the future, but healthcare is an essential service. So if lottery revenue did decline, the government would need to scramble to make up the resulting budget shortfall.

Notable Assumptions

The editorialist establishes that lottery revenue may not always be reliable, but doesn't directly state that this disqualifies it from being a revenue source for healthcare due to healthcare's essential status. In other words, the editorialist makes an assumption about what types of revenue should be used to fund essential services.

The argument conforms to the principle that revenue sources which could decline significantly should not be used to fund essential services. The correct answer will state a principle equivalent to this.

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3.

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a

Governments should spend ████ ██ █████ ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ ████ ██ ████████████ █████████

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c

No government service ██████ ██ ████████ █████████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███ ███ ████████

d

Governments should consider ███ ██████ ████████ ██ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████

e

At least some ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████

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