Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. With the productivity of U.S. industry stagnant, or even declining slightly, the economic pie is no longer growing. Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits. And in the past, when the pie was still growing, management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of workers. Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical weakness in the argument above? 削弱-反对题
(A) Although the economic pie is no longer growing, the portion of the pie allocated to American workers remains unjustly small.？？？？ (B) If management fails to accommodate the demands of workers, labor leaders will be forced to call strikes that will cripple the operation of industry. (C) Although productivity is stagnant, the U.S. population is growing, so that the absolute size of the economic pie continues to grow as well. (D) As a labor leader, I can be concerned only with the needs of working people, not with the problems faced by management.（A） (E) The stagnation of U.S. industry has been caused largely by factors—such as foreign competition—beyond the control of American workers. 美国的生产力下降 导致 经济下降 LB认为现在分成不公平，以前这种不公平可以为经济增长弥补 现在经济下降了 导致 无法再弥补这种不公平了 生产力下降 导致 经济下降 导致 不公平弥补不了 但是A是说 虽然经济不增长了，工人的仍然分成不公平。这不能削弱结论啊！！？？？ C用他因法说明了，生产力下降和经济下降之间断桥了。这是一种常用的削弱法啊！！？？？真是越想越迷糊了。
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