Question ID:PT14 S2 Q4 Passage:The government’s proposed 8 percent cut in all subsidies to arts groups will be difficult for those groups to absorb. As can be seen, however, from their response to last year’s cut, it will not put them out of existence. Last year there was also an 8 percent cut, and though private fund-raising was very difficult for the arts groups in the current recessionary economy, they did survive. Stem:The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:relies without warrant on the probability that the economy will improve Choice B:does not raise the issue of whether there should be any government subsidies to arts groups at all Choice C:equates the mere survival of the arts groups with their flourishing Choice D:does not take into account that the dollar amount of the proposed cut is lower than the dollar amount of last year’s cut Choice E:overlooks the possibility that the cumulative effect of the cuts will be more than the arts groups can withstand