LSAT Question Explanation
PT 105, Section 1, Question 15
DisagreeExplanation
Jessica says we should only use the budget surplus to increase payments to unemployed people, and Marcie says there's a better use of the surplus, which is to fund a public works project that would create jobs.
It seems they disagree about whether increasing payments to unemployed people is the best use of the money from the budget surplus.
Answer choices
Jessica seems to agree with this, but we don't know about Marcie. Marcie never says whether the increased government payments are a good or bad idea, just that the public works project is even better.
It's questionable if we know what either Jessica or Marcie think the public deserves, maybe they're just discussing bolstering the economy for their own interests. We also don't know if "many" people are unemployed. And regardless, Jessica never gives an opinion about Marcie's job creation idea.
This answer choice indicates that Jessica and Marcie have given opinions about what we should usually do, but they haven't. All they talked about in the stimulus is what we should do with this specific budget surplus.
Marcie seems to indicate agreement with this, but we have no idea if Jessica agrees with this.
They are in disagreement about this point. Jessica says increasing government payments to unemployed people is the only way we should use the money, while Marcie says there's a better way.