Columnist: While defense spending in our country is almost certainly subject to waste, proposing that we could solve our budget crisis even by entirely eliminating such waste is unjustified. Even dramatic cuts in defense spending will be insufficient to cover the expanding cost of health care.
Which of the following is NOT an assumption required by the columnists argument?
(A) If we cannot cover the expanding cost of health care, then we cannot solve the budget crisis.
(B) If a proposed measure is insufficient to solve a crisis, then proposing it is unjustified.
(C) Eliminating waste in defense spending would constitute a dramatic cut in defense spending.
(D) There are no other means to cover the expanding cost of health care.
(E) The columnists calculations are correct and complete.
Which of the following is NOT an assumption required by the columnists argument?
(A) If we cannot cover the expanding cost of health care, then we cannot solve the budget crisis.
(B) If a proposed measure is insufficient to solve a crisis, then proposing it is unjustified.
(C) Eliminating waste in defense spending would constitute a dramatic cut in defense spending.
(D) There are no other means to cover the expanding cost of health care.
(E) The columnists calculations are correct and complete.