劉文勇GRE寫(xiě)作Argument題庫(kù) Day 139

Day 139 Our citizens are well aware of the fact that while the Grandview Symphony Orchestra was struggling to succeed, our city government promised annual funding to help support its programs

The following appeared in a memo from a budget planner for the city of Grandview.

“Our citizens are well aware of the fact that while the Grandview Symphony Orchestra was struggling to succeed, our city government promised annual funding to help support its programs. Last year, however, private contributions to the symphony increased by 200 percent, and attendance at the symphony's concerts-in-the-park series doubled. The symphony has also announced an increase in ticket prices for next year. Such developments indicate that the symphony can now succeed without funding from city government and we can eliminate that expense from next year's budget. Therefore, we recommend that the city of Grandview eliminate its funding for the Grandview Symphony from next year's budget. By doing so, we can prevent a city budget deficit without threatening the success of the symphony.”

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

【本題與Day 61相似，不同之處：（1）“Our citizens are well aware of the fact that while the Grandview Symphony Orchestra was struggling to succeed, our city government promised annual funding to help support its programs. Last year, however, private contributions to the symphony increased by 200 percent, and attendance at the symphony's concerts-in-the-park series doubled. The symphony has also announced an increase in ticket prices for next year”是事實(shí)。（ 2）本題可以反駁最后一句話。本文是否給出充足論據(jù)來(lái)證明這樣做一定能夠在不影響交響樂(lè)團(tuán)發(fā)展的情況下防止政府出現(xiàn)預(yù)算赤字？是否可能還有其他因素會(huì)影響政府的預(yù)算平衡？例如：稅收情況或者其他大型公共基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的建設(shè)等。】

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其他可參考Day 61的思考路徑