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#35440
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14276)
GR, Must. The correct answer choice is (D)
The correct answer choice in this case will present a conclusion that the first author argues for but
that the second author doesn’t even mention.
Answer choice (A): Since both authors make this point, this is not the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (B): This is a clever wrong answer choice, because this issue is discussed in the first
passage but not in the second passage. The problem with this answer, however, is that the first author
introduces this viewpoint for the sake of refuting it, not to argue for it.
Answer choice (C): Neither author makes this point, so this answer choice can safely be eliminated.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. In the final paragraph of the first passage,
the author points out that there are huge incentives for high-income earners to avoid taxes, and
opportunities to do so because of the complexity of the codes. A flat tax is much less complex but
none of this is taken up in the second passage, confirming this to be the right answer choice.
Answer choice (E): Neither author asserts that progressive taxes are unfair to those who end up
paying more, so this cannot be the correct response.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14276)
GR, Must. The correct answer choice is (D)
The correct answer choice in this case will present a conclusion that the first author argues for but
that the second author doesn’t even mention.
Answer choice (A): Since both authors make this point, this is not the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (B): This is a clever wrong answer choice, because this issue is discussed in the first
passage but not in the second passage. The problem with this answer, however, is that the first author
introduces this viewpoint for the sake of refuting it, not to argue for it.
Answer choice (C): Neither author makes this point, so this answer choice can safely be eliminated.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. In the final paragraph of the first passage,
the author points out that there are huge incentives for high-income earners to avoid taxes, and
opportunities to do so because of the complexity of the codes. A flat tax is much less complex but
none of this is taken up in the second passage, confirming this to be the right answer choice.
Answer choice (E): Neither author asserts that progressive taxes are unfair to those who end up
paying more, so this cannot be the correct response.