Proponents of the recently introduced tax on sales of new luxury boats had argued that a tax this sort would be an equitable way to increase government revenue because the admittedly heavy tax burden would fall only on wealthy people and neither they nor anyone else would suffer any economic hardship. In fact, however, 20 percent of the workers employed by manufacturers of luxury boats have lost their jobs as a direct result of this tax.

The information given, if true, most strongly supports which of the following?


The market for luxury boats would have collapsed even if the new tax on luxury boats had been lower.

The new tax would produce a net gain in tax revenue for the government only if the yearly total revenue that it generates exceeds the total of any yearly tax-revenue decrease resulting from the workers’ loss of jobs.

Because many people never buy luxury items ,imposing a sales tax on luxury items is the kind of legislative action that does not cost incumbent legislators much popular support.

Before the tax was instituted ,luxury boats were largely bought by people who were not wealthy.

Taxes can be equitable only if their burden is evenly distribute over the entire population.

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情景：给新的奢侈船征收很多税是一个政府创收的合理的方法。这是因为买船的都是有钱人，不会因为这点小钱而生活不好。但是，有20%的人会因为这个税而失去工作。

推理：原文中没有结论，因为本题为演绎推理。

选题方式：答案选项必须不加任何外部信息的被推理文段推出。

选项分析：

A选项：即便是新的税变低，奢侈船的市场也会坍塌。从文中无法得出奢侈船的市场将会怎样。

B选项：Correct. 仅当新的税务给政府赚来的钱大于丢掉工作的人群交的税的时候，政府才会有税收增加。联合文中两句，即可得到本选项。

C选项：由于很多人从来不买奢侈品，所以征收这方面的税不会让大众不支持政府。本选项无法从推理文段中得出。

D选项：在新税增加之前，奢侈船是被那些不富有的人买的。文中没有讲到到底是哪个阶层的人在买船。

E选项：仅当税负平均的分布在整个人群中的时候，税才是合理的。文中没有这方面的信息。

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