Question ID:PT84 S3 Q24 Passage:Politician: Every regulation currently being proposed by the Committee for Overseas Trade will reduce the trade deficit. Our country's trade deficit is so large that it weakens the economy. Therefore, each of the proposed regulations would help the economy. Stem:The reasoning in the politician's argument is flawed in that the argument Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:takes for granted that the trade deficit will increase in size if no action is taken to reduce it Choice B:takes for granted that the only means of strengthening the economy is reducing the trade deficit Choice C:merely appeals to the authority of the committee without evaluating any reasons for the proposed regulations Choice D:fails to consider the possibility that one effect of a regulation will be offset by other effects  Choice E:concludes that every regulation in a set will have the same effects as a set of regulations as a whole