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Add high energy prices to a sagging economy in an election year and politicians will inevitably come up with bad policies,
like converting the corn crop into ethanol or John McCain's proposal to suspend the federal gas tax - neither will provide
real relief at the pump while both are guaranteed to create other problems.
The good news is that Congress failed last week to cut a deal on two more bad ideas: Republicans' misguided push for
offshore drilling and Democrats' misbegotten plan to curb speculation in ou futures.
Republicans should know that allowing more offshore drilling might marginally trim oil prices--in about a decade---while
sacrificing important environmental protections. Democrats should know that financial speculation is not whar's driving out
prices, and that curbing futures trading could hamper the ability of companies like airlines and ow refineries to manage their
risks by locking in the price of oil. Putting them together is compounding one bad idea with another.
Read the editorial passage above. The author is attempting to persuade the reader:
a. The Republicans have the best plan.
The Democrats have the best plan.
C. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have a good plan.
Both the Republicans and the Democrats have a good plan.
b
d
Please select the best answer from the choices provided
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Answer 1

Answer:C

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Answer 2

The correct answer is D. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have a good plan.

Explanation

The author of the text exposes a specific political situation and focuses on highlighting that it is not necessary to belong to a specific political party to make political mistakes by saying "The good news is that Congress failed last week to reach an agreement on two bad more ideas: the wrong push by the Republicans for offshore drilling and the wrong plan by the Democrats to curb speculation about our future." This allows us to infer that the author does not support any of the political parties. In addition, he expresses that the ideas that each party proposes are not good when saying "Putting them together is combining a bad idea with another". According to the above, the correct answer is D.