Question ID:PT90 S4 Q23 Passage:Official:  Six months ago, the fines for parking violations on the city's streets were raised to help pay for the parking garage that had just opened. Since then, parking violations on our streets have dropped by 50 percent. Hence, if we want there to be even fewer parking violations, the fines should be raised again. Stem:The reasoning in the official's argument is flawed in that the argument Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:takes a possible effect of a reduction to be a possible cause of that reduction Choice B:takes for granted that raising fines a second time will reduce parking violations at least as much as it did the first time Choice C:fails to take into account the financial benefits the city is now deriving from fines for parking violations Choice D:takes for granted that people who park their cars illegally would prefer to park legally Choice E:fails to establish that the initial decrease in parking violations was not due to the availability of additional parking spaces