LSAT 103 – Section 1 – Question 02

LSAT 103 - Section 1 - Question 02

September 1998

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT103 S1 Q02	+LR +Exp	Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method Net Effect +NetEff Value Judgment +ValJudg	A 88% 165 B 4% 155 C 5% 159 D 2% 154 E 1% 159	135 144 154	+Medium	147.884 +SubsectionMedium

Lambert: The proposal to raise gasoline taxes to support mass transit networks is unfair. Why should drivers who will never use train or bus lines be forced to pay for them?

Keziah: You have misunderstood. The government has always spent far more, per user, from general revenue sources to fund highways than to fund mass transit. The additional revenue from the gasoline tax will simply allow the government to make its distribution of transportation funds more equitable.

Summarize Argument

Keziah concludes the proposed gasoline tax will allow the government to distribute transportation funds more equitably. As evidence, she points out that the government has always spent more from general revenue sources to fund highways compared to mass transit.

Describe Method of Reasoning

Keziah provides important context in order to support the idea that the proposed gasoline tax is fair. She does this by describing that historically, government funding for highways has been disproportionate compared to funding for mass transit. Since taxpayers in general have always paid more in favor of drivers, the gasoline tax will make funding more equitable by evening-out the tax burden.

elaborating the context of the issue in order to place the proposal in a more favorable light

The context is the fact that government has always spent more from general revenue resources to fund highways. With this context, the gasoline tax appears more fair and equitable.

appealing to the principle that what benefits society as a whole benefits all individuals within that society

Keziah does not appeal to this principle. Instead, she describes that funding for highways has always been unfairly supported by the general revenue fund, and the gasoline tax is meant to make this burden more equitable.

challenging the presupposition that fairness is an appropriate criterion on which to judge the matter

Keziah does accept fairness as an appropriate criterion. Contrary to Lambert, she believes the gasoline tax is actually a more equitable way to fund mass transit networks.

demonstrating that the proposed tax increase will not result in increased expenses for drivers

Keziah concedes that the gasoline tax will result in increased expenses for drivers. For Keziah, though, she believes that this is a more equitable way to fund mass transit networks.

declining to argue a point with someone who is poorly informed on the matter under discussion

LSAT 103 – Section 1 – Question 02

LSAT 103 - Section 1 - Question 02

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