The cotton farms of Country Q became so productive that the market could not absorb all that they produced. Cosequently, cotton prices fell. The government tried to boost cotton prices by offering farmers who took 25 percent of their acreage out of production direct support payments up to a specified maximum per farm.
The government's program, if successful, will not be a net burden on the budget. Which of the following, if true, is the best basis for an explanation of how this could be so?
(A) Depressed cotton prices meant operation losses for cotton farms, and the government lost revenue from taxes on farm profits.
(B) Cotton production in several countries other than Q declined slightly the year that the support-payment program went into effect in Q.
(C) The first year that the support-payment program was in effect, cotton acreage in Q was 5 percent below its level in the base year for the program.
(D) The specified maximum per farm meant that for very large cotton farms the support payments were less per acre for those acres that were withdrawn from production than they were for smaller farms.
(E) Farmers who wished to qualify for support payments could not use the cotton acreage that waswithdrawn from production to grow any other crop.
Ans:A
請問那位朋友可以幫我解釋一下, 為何A對?
我認為政府的計劃要成功不是應該要鼓勵減少生產, 使價格提高, 進而使稅收增加來compensate for the added expenditure嗎?
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