Question ID:PT64 S3 Q15 Passage:Columnist: Shortsighted motorists learn the hard way about the wisdom of preventive auto maintenance; such maintenance almost always pays off in the long run. Our usually shortsighted city council should be praised for using similar wisdom when they hired a long-term economic development adviser. In hiring this adviser, the council made an investment that is likely to have a big payoff in several years. Other cities in this region that have devoted resources to economic development planning have earned large returns on such an investment. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the columnist's argument? Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:Even some cars that receive regular preventive maintenance break down, requiring costly repairs. Choice B:The columnist's city has a much smaller population and economy than the other cities did when they began devoting resources to economic development planning. Choice C:Most motorists who fail to perform preventive maintenance on their cars do so for nonfinancial reasons. Choice D:Qualified economic development advisers generally demand higher salaries than many city councils are willing to spend. Choice E:Cities that have earned large returns due to hiring economic development advisers did not earn any returns at all in the advisers' first few years of employment.