LSAT 104 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q1

LR Question 1 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Politician: Governments should tax any harmful substance that is…

QUESTION TYPE: Principle

PRINCIPLE: You should tax harmful substances at a high enough rate so that people will use them less.

ANALYSIS: We need our tax to do two things.

First, we need to raise taxes. D and E fail this test.

Second, we want people to stop using the things we tax. A and B fail this test.

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1. This tax aims to treat the effects of sugar use. We want to discourage sugar use instead.
2. We want to affect demand for the product.
3. CORRECT. This tax is aimed at persuading people to stop using the substance. Perfect.
4. The principle says to raise taxes.
5. Same as D. We want to raise taxes, and prevent people from doing bad things.

Recap: The question begins with “Politician: Governments should tax any harmful substance that is”. It is a Principle question. Learn how to master LSAT Principle questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.