A new regulation requiring businesses to provide employees with unpaid leave for family care will negatively impact the financial viability of companies in our country. Businesses should have the autonomy to determine their own employment practices without enforced family-leave laws.

Which of the following, if true, would most significantly undermine the conclusion of the argument above?

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A. Countries with highly competitive economies often have robust family-leave policies.

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B. Many firms in this nation already provide some type of family leave to their employees.

C. A family-leave regulation could enhance the well-being of families in society.

D. The proposed family-leave law would only apply to businesses with more than fifty employees.

E. Surveys indicate that a large portion of the population supports the implementation of a family-leave law.

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To weaken the conclusion that a family-leave law will harm economic competitiveness, we need evidence that contradicts this claim. Option A states that countries with highly competitive economies often have robust family-leave policies. This suggests that having such regulations does…

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What this question tests

What it tests

Whether you can identify the option that most undermines an argument's conclusion.

Common trap

Choosing an irrelevant objection or one that attacks the premise rather than the reasoning.