Question

Politician: Pundits claim that by voting for candidates who promise to cut taxes, people show that they want the government to provide fewer services than it has been providing. By that reasoning, however, people who drink too much alcohol at a party in the evening want a headache the next morning. Which of the following could replace the statement about people who drink too much without undermining the force of the politician's argument?

• A. People who spend more money than they can afford want the things they spend that money on.
• B. People who seek different jobs than they currently have do not want to work at all.
• C. People who buy new cars want to own cars that are under manufacturer's warranty.
• D. People who decide to stay in bed a few extra minutes on a workday morning want to have to rush to arrive at work on time.
• E. People who buy lottery tickets want the economic freedom that winning the lottery would bring. \textbf

Hint:

Seek analogies matching the original's structure: action → undesired consequence, with flawed intent attribution.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: The politician's argument uses an analogy to highlight the flawed logic of assuming actions imply desire for foreseeable negative consequences (voting for tax cuts → fewer services; drinking → headache).
Step 2: The replacement must preserve this: an action leading to an undesired outcome, where the flawed reasoning attributes desire for that outcome.
Step 3: (D) fits: Staying in bed (action) leads to rushing (undesired), mirroring the drinking-headache parallel without weakening the ridicule.
Step 4: Others fail: (A) reverses causality; (B) misattributes total aversion; (C), (E) describe desired outcomes.